Astronomers say that a "solar slumber", currently occurring, may cause severe consequences for life on Earth, including seasonal fluctuations and natural disasters, freezing weather, earthquakes and starvation. There were reports that the "minimum" for solar activity, unusually low, with more than 100 days in 2020, had no sunspot at all.

2019 saw another unusually low number of sunspots, totaling 281 days, as there were no sunspots. So that would be two consecutive years of minimum solar energy.

However, the scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, Alexander Shapiro, explains that the sun is not experiencing an unusually low period of activity, and it resumes its regular activity. For the past 50 years, that is, during four solar cycles or so, the sun has been extraordinarily active, according to Shapiro.

"Some people speculate that the behavior of the solar cycle is very weak," the expert adds. There will be indications that they are extraordinary. "

And the current solar cycle is only in its infancy. Although it may be a little slow, experts predict that the solar cycle will reach its maximum by 2023 to 2026, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the United States.

What is the minimum solar energy?

The sun records the minimum when fewer sunspots appear on the surface, indicating the end of the solar cycle. Solar activity is highly dependent on the magnetic field of the sun. The magnetic field in the sun passes through phases in which the Antarctic and Antarctic regions essentially switch stains, and it takes 11 years or so.

The sun shows a lot of intelligence, for the time being, for example, it is a magnetic node consisting of two different cycles, simultaneously.

This mystery is a common feature of the period called the minimum solar energy, when the sun is less active. As the solar activity continues its cycle, the magnetic activity rises on the sun first, then decreases, and each cycle has a magnetic opposite character to the other.

Solar activity is characterized by the fact that the surface of the sun is associated with cold and dark areas called sunspots, some of which emit massive bursts of light or charged particles. And between extreme periods, such as now, the sun is often quiet, but any activity there could resemble either the previous or the next solar cycle.

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