The prediction and progression of Solar Cycle 25 up to September 2024. (NOAA SWPC) The exact peak of the cycle will only be identified after it has occurred, NASA said.

The cycle of the sun is measured on roughly 11-year intervals. It begins and ends with quiet solar activity, with a maximum stormy season around the midway point.

The stronger a flare is, Cameron added, the more severe and longer a blackout or disruption can be. To date, the most powerful flare of the current solar cycle was an X9.0 observed last October.

From this graph, we can see that Solar Cycle 25 (from 2019 to present) has already exceeded the size of Solar Cycle 24. The largest individual sunspot month of the cycle so far, August 2024, had a ...

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This is the strongest solar flare we've seen so far in Solar Cycle 25. It is also the strongest solar flare we've seen since September of 2017, a few years before Solar Cycle 24 ended.

The current solar cycle, the 25th since records began, may have just recently passed its peak. Monthly numbers of sunspots, solar flares and eruptions are now set to gradually decline.

Higher solar activity brings more radiation, which can damage satellite electronics and force some satellites to deorbit ...