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NASA Data Suggests Solar Magnetic Field About To Flip

Posted by timothy on from the we're-all-gonna-die dept.

Freddybear writes "According to measurements from NASA solar observatories, the sun's magnetic field is about to reverse polarity. The event is predicted to occur within the next three to four months and will have effects throughout the solar system. These magnetic reversals happen regularly about every eleven years as part of the solar cycle."

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  1. Doom and gloom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Waiting for news reports to be published that leave out the part that this is normal and part of the aprox eleven year solar cycle.

  2. Yawn by djupedal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've survived 5 of these so far - one more can't hurt...

  3. Re:Monopole? by Rhacman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not sure, though it doesn't seem strange to me. A magnet doesn't have to have its poles 180 degrees away from each other (think a horseshoe magnet).

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