No Sunspots On The Sun - Solar Minimum May Bring Increased Cosmic Radiation And Space Junk
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Channel: SchoolFreeware · 2016 · Science & Technology
There is a free picture that you can use and distribute showing the lack of sunspots on the sun. http://www.schoolfreeware.com/The_Sun_Without_Sunspots_-_Solar_Minimum_2016.html Recently, The sunspots, on the sun, disappeared. The complete lack of sunspots is rare. The spots have been gone since June 3rd 2016. The Solar Minimum, a period of least solar activity can bring a decrease in extreme ultraviolet output. During this period, the upper atmosphere of the Earth can cool and shrink. The shrinking atmosphere allows more space junk to orbit the Earth. The heliosphere is the Sun’s magnetic bubble that extends beyond Pluto. Astrophysicists say that, in a Solar Minimum, the heliosphere can shrink allowing more cosmic radiation to enter the inner solar system.