[SEDXC] FW: Spotless Sun: 2008 is the Blankest Year of the Space Age

[Robert Carroll]

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From: NASA Science News [mailto:snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:39 PM
To: NASA Science News
Subject: Spotless Sun: 2008 is the Blankest Year of the Space Age

 

NASA Science News for September 30, 2008

Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 has become the
"blankest year" of the Space Age. Sunspot counts are at a 50-year low,
signifying a deep minimum in the 11-year cycle of solar activity. 

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/30sep_blankyear.htm?list865045