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  2. List of solar cycles - Wikipedia

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    Following is a comparison of the growth of cycle 25 versus cycle 24, using the 13-month sunspot averages, beginning with the months of the respective minimums. Numbers in brackets for cycle 25 indicate the minimum possible value for that month, assuming there are no more sunspots between now (Dec 6, 2024) and six months after the end of the ...

  3. Solar cycle - Wikipedia

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    Solar cycle 23 lasted 11.6 years, beginning in May 1996 and ending in January 2008. The maximum smoothed sunspot number (monthly number of sunspots averaged over a twelve-month period) observed during the solar cycle was 120.8 (March 2000), and the minimum was 1.7. [29] A total of 805 days had no sunspots during this cycle. [30] [31] [32]

  4. Sunspot - Wikipedia

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    Their number varies according to the approximately 11-year solar cycle. Individual sunspots or groups of sunspots may last anywhere from a few days to a few months, but eventually decay. Sunspots expand and contract as they move across the surface of the Sun, with diameters ranging from 16 km (10 mi) [3] to 160,000 km (100,000 mi). [4]

  5. The sun is at its 11-year maximum. That means another year of ...

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    The sun emits the largest solar flare of this 11-year cycle, as imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on October 3. NASA/SDO NASA says the sun is in the highly active "maximum phase" of its ...

  6. Sun’s peak activity period could come year earlier and last ...

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    The 11-year activity cycle of the Sun is tied to the number of sunspots, which in turn are linked to the intensity of space weather, including solar flare activity from the star.

  7. Sun reaches Solar Maximum but it doesn’t mean peak activity ...

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    The Sun has reached a period of peak activity in an 11-year cycle known as the Solar Maximum, ... The past two years marked the active phase of the solar cycle with a higher number of sunspots.

  8. Solar maximum - Wikipedia

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    Solar maximum is the regular period of greatest solar activity during the Sun's 11-year solar cycle. During solar maximum, large numbers of sunspots appear, and the solar irradiance output grows by about 0.07%. [2] On average, the solar cycle takes about 11 years to go from one solar maximum to the next, with duration observed varying from 9 to ...

  9. Sun - Wikipedia

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    The magnetic field varies in time and location. The quasi-periodic 11-year solar cycle is the most prominent variation in which the number and size of sunspots waxes and wanes. [108] [109] [110] The solar magnetic field extends well beyond the Sun itself.