Earth is at the mercy of the Sun’s changing temperament.
Solar storms are revving up, which makes a new exploration of the Sun’s activity more relevant than ever. In new research published Thursday in the journal Science, a team measured one of the drivers of the star’s volatility every other day for 8 months in 2022. The observations are a great leg-up from the irregular measurements taken in the past. This new information could help heliophysicists (scientists who study the Sun) peel back the curtain and better grasp the star’s mysteries as we wait for it to reach its activity peak next summer.
