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The Sun at solar minimum

Sun has reached its solar maximum period

16 Oct, 2024

It could continue for the next year.

amount of cloud cover on Neptune

Neptune is losing its clouds

18 Aug, 2023

Neptune's disappearing clouds linked to the solar cycle.

First-ever image of a sunspot

First-ever image of a sunspot

6 Dec, 2020

This image is an indication of the telescope’s advanced optics.

This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, captured in December 2019). December 2019 marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 25, and the Sun’s activity will once again ramp up until solar maximum, predicted for 2025

The sun has entered its 25th solar cycle

16 Sep, 2020

Solar Cycle 25 Is Here.

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