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Mystery of the missing sunspots solved ?

By T.K. Randall
June 21, 2009 · Comment icon 0 comments

Image Credit: NASA/ESA
For some time now astronomers have tried to determine the cause for the recent lack of sunspot activity in what is deemed to be a century-class solar minimum, now researchers believe that the cause is a slow migrating jet stream.
The sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for more than two years. Now, for the first time, solar physicists might understand why."


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