Sun's Behavior Flummoxes Solar Scientists

ScienceNOW Daily News ^ | 8 May 2009 | Robert Zimmerman

[MrPiper]

deepest solar minimums on record.

Hmmmm, they still don't get it. Compared to the age of the sun, how long is "on record"????

Kinda like a pimple on my butt being a trend!

[Talisker]

Inset: The sun's face, showing dark sunspots.

The inset is a stark lie - the whole point is that there aren't any sunspots. Here's the latest SOHO photo, today, 5/15/09 (see any spots?):

[M-cubed]

And truth be known, they come upon new things like El Nino and El Nina, and they obsess on that to a large extent for about a decade.<<

and all the while being Govt. funded and earning tenure.......Nice work if u can get it

[Repeal The 17th]

bump to read later

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem. Another one about the solar output.

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[DoughtyOne]

There are times when I think it’s best to simply observe, and not be so heavily inclined to spout off about predictions.

There’s no shame in admitting that we aren’t able to understand everything. I’d rather have accurate observations than inaccurate predictions.

[DoughtyOne]

Agreed.

[eastsider]

[T]here aren't any sunspots

For the past two days, the folks at www.spaceweather.com have circled the sunspot group 1017 on their homepage (see left column), although there doesn't seem to be any increase in the TSI associated with them.