Sun taking a breather: ; Fewer sunspots, less solar wind observed

Sunday Gazette-Mail | September 28, 2008| | Copyright

WASHINGTON - The sun has dialed back its furnace to the lowest levels seen in the space age, new measurements from a space probe show.

Don't worry, though - it's too small a difference to change life on Earth, scientists said last week. In fact, it means satellites can stay in orbit a little longer.

The solar wind - a stream of charged particles ejected from the sun's upper atmosphere at 1 million miles per hour - is significantly weaker, cooler and less dense than it has been in 50 years, according to new data from the NASA-European solar probe Ulysses.

Also, for the first time in about a ...

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