NO SUNSPOTS: As April begins, the sun has been spotless for 24 consecutive days. How long can the blank spell continue? The longest stretch of blank suns in the past 100 years was 92 days in April, May and June of 1913. To match that streak, today's sun must remain spotless until early June 2009. That's a lot of quiet; stay tuned.
From SpaceWeather.com found in my links below, right.
THURSDAY UPDATE: How low can it go? According to NASA, the sun is plunging into the deepest solar minimum in a century. A new spotless days counter on spaceweather.com is keeping track of the record-setting quiet
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