OK. So isn’t that still way less than the usual?
No, I’m into astronomy as a hobby, very very limited hobby, and from what I understand, the end of 2009 marked the start of a new solar cycle. The sun went months without a single sunspot in 2009, and now we’ve had 5-6 strong sunspots in the past couple months. The spaceweather website is a good site to visit frequently about any space related headlines, I believe that is where this article is pulled from.