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At the end of the last solar cycle in 2019, the official predictions were that the next cycle would be just as mild as its predecessor. Those predictions were wrong. The current Solar Cycle 25 turned ...

UPDATE: Earlier this week, multiple media outlets ran stories about new scientific research suggesting that a "mini ice age" was heading our way in the next 30 years. But there was one issue -- that's ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The intensity of the Sun’s activity ebbs and flows across years, but also across decades—a behavior that scientists haven’t quite figured out yet. At ...