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04/15/2016 | The K7RA Solar Update
A slight increase in solar activity
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09/18/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity perked up this week
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12/17/2013 | Solar Scientists Say Cycle 24 is the Weakest in More than a Century
Scientists say Cycle 24 is the weakest in more than 100 years.
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03/14/2013 | Solar Cycle 24 May Have “Double Peaks,” Says NASA Solar Physicist
According to NASA, the current solar cycle -- Solar Cycle 24 -- should hit its “solar max” sometime in this year, but so far, solar activity has been relatively low. According to an article by NASA’s Dr Tony Phillips, this period of quiet has led some obs
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03/04/2011 | Surfin’: See Spot SunThis week, Surfin’ now knows why there was a dearth of sunspots for two years.
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02/01/2010 | It Seems to Us: Where Are the Spots?Sunspots, that is. Those of us who follow solar activity the way most people follow the weather had expected that by now our Sun would have developed a nice pox. Instead, we seem to be stuck in a trough of low solar activity.
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06/19/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
I bet you have this memorized: "Solar activity was very low throughout the reporting period, and geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels during most of the reporting period." Enough said? The first sunspot region of Solar Cycle 24 occurre
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06/01/2009 | NASA Releases New Predictions for Solar Cycle 24
An international panel of experts -- led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sponsored by NASA -- has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle: Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sun
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