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Solar Minimum Coming Sooner Than Expected

Posted by timothy on from the just-in-time-for-solar-tea dept.

bigjocker writes "According to this NASA story: "Something strange happened on the sun last week: all the sunspots vanished. This is a sign, say forecasters, that solar minimum is coming sooner than expected.""

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  1. Obligatory... by kagaku · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're all gonna die!!

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    1. Re:Obligatory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Worse then that, it is going to mess up our TV reception.

  2. Well... by escher · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new...

    Oh hell. I can't. I just can't do it.

    1. Re:Well... by Usquebaugh · · Score: 4, Funny

      Rah is displeased with this lack of conviction.

    2. Re:Well... by Kehvarl · · Score: 4, Funny

      All hail the Sun God
      He sure is a fun God
      Ra! Ra! Ra!

    3. Re:Well... by shadowbearer · · Score: 1, Funny


      Don't underestimate the powers of Magnetic Force.

      SB

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  3. Re:Relax by Babbster · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's probably all that pollution in our air - industry and automobiles are so evil, they're snuffing out the sun.

  4. Simple Explanation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It happens every 11 or so years. Nothing to panic

    It's the maid's job to clean up all those sunspots, but it takes 11 years or so to get enough windex, 'cause the sun is really big. There was a surplus this year, so she came in early.

    Mystery solved.

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  5. Huh, yeah, looking at the clock... by gardyloo · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... it's about time to go home. Wait -- every 11 YEARS?!? It seems to get dark about every 24 hours around here, give or take a few.

    1. Re:Huh, yeah, looking at the clock... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You should use different drugs.

  6. Spoiler alert by vandelais · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kaboom!

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  7. Re:Minimum!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sun spots are a result of the sun spinning it's magnetic field into knots. Other results of this are coronal mass ejections, which can then potentially smash into the earth and present a significant hazzard to communications, satellites, and even power distribution and generation. The peak of this unpleasent activitiy is the solar maximum, while the minimum is just that.

    See, I can whore karma too. And I would think a guy who has an X-ray observatory named after him would try to be a little more up on the nomenclature. It's really the least you could do.

  8. All Bush's fault by SirLanse · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is all the fault of the republicans, John Kerry will restore the sun to its full power. He says Bush has neglected the sun and that is the reason for this. He will do a better job with sacrifices to the sun god.