{"id":85560,"date":"2020-05-20T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15551"},"modified":"2020-05-20T00:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:38:03","slug":"sun-reportedly-entering-solar-minimum-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sun-reportedly-entering-solar-minimum-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun reportedly entering &#8216;Solar Minimum&#8217;: What does it mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The sun is said to have reached into a state of \u2018solar minimum\u2019 as it has been more than 100 days since the sunspots are virtually not visible at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Solar Minimum:<\/strong> It is the period of least solar activity in the 11-year solar cycle of the Sun.During this time, sunspot and solar flare activity diminishes and often does not occur for days at a time.<\/li><li><strong>Concerns: <\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>may cause health risks to astronauts travelling through space as the sun\u2019s magnetic field weakens and provides less shielding from these cosmic rays.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/TgIeszN1e66IRPBKisoDppsyn_FNgJlXRJqOh73QFa6qRv_YxyLt6yqUYyLQx5AsxK6EX3SUFAH1LlrQRt6W_eXbxv6kIjXVOxf-gdRArm-V_xCBZxH2QDd6rh3Lpb9D6uZgUuUn\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Solar Cycle:<\/strong>It is the cycle that the Sun\u2019s magnetic field goes through approximately every 11 years.<\/li><li><strong>Sunspots:<\/strong><ul><li>These are areas that appear dark on the surface of the Sun.They appear dark because they are cooler than other parts of the Sun\u2019s surface.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The temperature of a sunspot is still very hot though at around 6,500 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/li><li><strong>Why are sunspots relatively cool: <\/strong>It\u2019s because they form at areas where magnetic fields are particularly strong.These magnetic fields are so strong that they keep some of the heat within the Sun from reaching the surface.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Solar Flares:<\/strong> It is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The sun is said to have reached into a state of \u2018solar minimum\u2019 as it has been more than 100 days since the sunspots are virtually not visible at all. Facts: Solar Minimum: It is the period of least solar activity in the 11-year solar cycle of the Sun.During this time, sunspot and solar flare&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sun-reportedly-entering-solar-minimum-what-does-it-mean\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sun reportedly entering &#8216;Solar Minimum&#8217;: What does it mean?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2932],"class_list":["post-85560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-solar-minimum","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700500942},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}