... But the Sun's magnetism is different, it has foci right on the surface, in sunspots. ... was taking a dose of creative license with the 11 year cycle of sunspot activity ...
... of sunlight on Earth introduce processes of weather and climate, while sunspots and the Sun's magnetism are a gateway to a ... S3) Magnetism as produced by electric currents. (S3) Sunspots and solar activity--flares, coronal mass ejections. ...
... of sunlight on Earth introduce processes of weather and climate, while sunspots and the Sun's magnetism are a gateway to a ... S3) Magnetism as produced by electric currents. (S3) Sunspots and solar activity--flares, coronal mass ejections. ...
... interaction involving the Earth's magnetism, the solar wind and magnetic phenomena on the Sun's surface, like sunspots ... But it's always with iron , or with some magnetic substance. Why sunspots would be magnetic remains completely unclear. ...
... Solar cycle (or sunspot cycle)--an irregular cycle, averaging about 11 years in length, during which the number of sunspots (and of their associated outbursts) rises and then drops again. ...
... slightly involved in solar research, but the big question there seems to be what happens beneath the surface--where do sunspots originate and how, what are they, and what creates the uneven rotation of the Sun (which drives sunspots and magnetic fields ...
... 1610 (approx) Sunspots and their rotation with the Sun were discovered independently ... 1851--The 11-year sunspot cycle (observed in 1843 by Heinrich Schwabe ) is generally ...
... slightly involved in solar research, but the big question there seems to be what happens beneath the surface--where do sunspots originate and how, what are they, and what creates the uneven rotation of the Sun (which drives sunspots and magnetic fields ...