Solar mini-max
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NASA and NOAA agree: Solar Max has arrived, but this "mini Max" is not like any other solar maximum of the Space Age.
Years ago, in 2008 and 2009 an eerie quiet descended on the sun. Sunspot counts dropped to historically-low levels and solar flares ceased altogether. As the longest and deepest solar minimum in a century unfolded, bored solar physicists wondered when "Solar Max" would ever return…
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There was an article on spaceweather.com on June 9 with title something like "NASA nad NOAH agree Mini Maximum has arrived". Today it is gone.
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