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October 22, 2013

The Sun Also Flips: 11-Year Solar Cycle Wimpy, But Peaking
Madison WI (SPX) Oct 22, 2013
In a 3-meter diameter hollow aluminum sphere, Cary Forest, a University of Wisconsin-Madison physics professor, is stirring and heating plasmas to 500,000 degrees Fahrenheit to experimentally mimic the magnetic field-inducing cosmic dynamos at the heart of planets, stars and other celestial bodies. Ninety-three million miles away, the Sun's magnetic field - and presumably its dynamo - is churning and undulating as the star experiences the height of the so-called solar maximum, where the sun's magn ... read more

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