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NASA Confirms Solar Storm Near 2012

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-out-your-foil-hats dept.

An anonymous reader writes "`This week researchers announced that a storm is coming — the most intense solar maximum in fifty years. The prediction comes from a team led by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). "The next sunspot cycle will be 30% to 50% stronger than the previous one," she says. If correct, the years ahead could produce a burst of solar activity second only to the historic Solar Max of 1958.`

`Dikpati's forecast puts Solar Max at 2012. Hathaway believes it will arrive sooner, in 2010 or 2011.`

Anyone familiar with the Mayan Calendar? December 21, 2012 (13.0.0.0.0 in the Mayan Calendar) Coincidence?"

3 of 344 comments (clear)

  1. Coincidence? by thefirelane · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Yes, next question

    This is easy.

  2. MAyan calendar? by Vexorian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone familiar with the Mayan Calendar? December 21, 2012 (13.0.0.0.0 in the Mayan Calendar) Coincidence?
    No. Yes.







    * Expects to get +5 Insightful for this lame post *

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    1. Re:MAyan calendar? by gangien · · Score: 0, Redundant

      * Expects to get +5 Insightful for this lame post *

      Is this some kind of reverse-reverse psychology on the mods or something? I guess it's sort of working, atm you have a +2 insightful. Nice tactic instead of the usual, "I know I'll be modded down" bs.