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Alex Young</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/raul-cortes/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/03/Raul-Cortes-e1646565648223-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Ra煤l Cort茅s</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/armandocaussade/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/armando-caussad-1-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Armando Caussade</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>November 30, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-official-solar-maximum-cycle-25-2024/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/10/2-suns-NASA-SDO-Dec-2019-May-2024-crop-for-feature.jpg)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-official-solar-maximum-cycle-25-2024/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Sun officially reaches solar maximum in its聽11-year聽cycle</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">NASA and NOAA announced on October 15, 2024, that the sun has reached the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, or what is known as solar maximum.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/earthskyblog/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/earthsky-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>EarthSky Voices</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>October 16, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-october-2024/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/10/Oct-28-24Sun-activity-gorgeous-prominence-ezgif.com-video-to-webp-converter.webp)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-october-2024/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Sun activity archive for October 2024</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">Sun activity archive for October 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/alexyoung/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/12/IMG_1250-1-scaled-96x96.jpeg)"></div> <div>C. Alex Young</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/raul-cortes/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/03/Raul-Cortes-e1646565648223-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Ra煤l Cort茅s</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/armandocaussade/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/armando-caussad-1-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Armando Caussade</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/michaelmaimone/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/04/michaelm-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Michael Maimone</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>October 1, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-september-2024/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/09/Sep-13-24-LASCO-C3-ezgif.com-video-to-webp-converter.webp)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-september-2024/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Sun activity archive for September 2024</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">Sun activity archive for September 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/alexyoung/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/12/IMG_1250-1-scaled-96x96.jpeg)"></div> <div>C. Alex Young</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/raul-cortes/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/03/Raul-Cortes-e1646565648223-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Ra煤l Cort茅s</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/armandocaussade/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/armando-caussad-1-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Armando Caussade</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/michaelmaimone/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/04/michaelm-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Michael Maimone</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>September 1, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/probes-see-fast-solar-wind-getting-a-magnetic-shove/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/08/fast-solar-wind-switchback.png)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/probes-see-fast-solar-wind-getting-a-magnetic-shove/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Probes see fast solar wind getting a magnetic shove</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">Combined data from ESA and NASA has demonstrated how fluctuations in the sun's magnetic field accelerate and heat the solar wind.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/earthskyblog/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/earthsky-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>EarthSky Voices</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>August 30, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/earth/2024-mays-solar-storm-new-ring-around-earth-van-allen-belt/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/07/new-3-rings-Van-Allen-NASA-arrow-e1722454639410.jpg)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/earth/2024-mays-solar-storm-new-ring-around-earth-van-allen-belt/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">May’s solar storm created a new Van Allen belt</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">May's solar storm added a new ring - a 3rd Van Allen radiation belt - to Earth. This new Van Allen belt might last from months to years.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/kellywhitt/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2023/06/KKW-profile-square-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Kelly Kizer Whitt</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/deborahbyrd/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/09/cropped-debbie-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Deborah Byrd</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>August 1, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-august-2024/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/08/Aug-27-24-Sun-activity-prominences-gorgeous-ezgif.com-video-to-webp-converter.webp)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-august-2024/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Sun activity archive for August 2024</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">Sun activity archive for August 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/alexyoung/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/12/IMG_1250-1-scaled-96x96.jpeg)"></div> <div>C. Alex Young</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/raul-cortes/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/03/Raul-Cortes-e1646565648223-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Ra煤l Cort茅s</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/armandocaussade/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/armando-caussad-1-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Armando Caussade</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/michaelmaimone/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/04/michaelm-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Michael Maimone</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>August 1, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/the-next-solar-cycle-already-beginning-solar-cycle-26/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/07/Mario-Rana_sun-in-hydrogen-alpha-with-AR3751-and-other-sunspots_Hampton-VA_2024-jul-17-e1721275078247.jpg)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/the-next-solar-cycle-already-beginning-solar-cycle-26/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">The next solar cycle – Solar Cycle 26 – is already beginning</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">Astronomers using helioseismology have peered into the sun to see a pattern indicating the next solar cycle - Solar Cycle 26 - is already beginning.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/earthskyblog/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/earthsky-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>EarthSky Voices</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>July 23, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/earth/precise-space-storm-alerts-earth/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/07/sun-images-NASA-Goddard-Space-Flight-Center-Jhelioviewer-1.jpg)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/earth/precise-space-storm-alerts-earth/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Precise space storm alerts could help shield Earth’s tech</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">A new understanding of the heights of magnetic fields in the sun's active regions will lead to precise space storm alerts and help protect technology on Earth.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/earthskyblog/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/earthsky-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>EarthSky Voices</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img src="https://earthsky.org/wp-content/themes/earthsky-testing-6c8e0a978c578089f4b8b6-2/images/calendar.svg" alt="" class="mini-icon-grey" data-udy-fe="image_-1c8ba15" srcset=""> <div>July 23, 2024</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"> <div class="post-v3-card"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-july-2024/" class="post-v3-thumbnail w-inline-block"> <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/07/AR3837-July-10-11-2024-SDO-171-mag.webp)"></div> </a> <div class="post-v3-content"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-july-2024/" class="post-heading-link w-inline-block"> <h3 class="post-v3-heading">Sun activity archive for July 2024</h3> </a> <div class="post-summary">Sun activity archive for July 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.</div> <div class="post-info"> <div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/alexyoung/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/12/IMG_1250-1-scaled-96x96.jpeg)"></div> <div>C. Alex Young</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/raul-cortes/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/03/Raul-Cortes-e1646565648223-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Ra煤l Cort茅s</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/armandocaussade/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2021/05/armando-caussad-1-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Armando Caussade</div> </a> </div><div class="co-author"> <a href="https://earthsky.org/author/michaelmaimone/" class="post-info-author w-inline-block"> <div class="post-card-avatar" style="background-image: url(https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/04/michaelm-96x96.jpg)"></div> <div>Michael Maimone</div> </a> </div> <div class="post-info-block"> <div class="divider-small"></div><img 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