Sun's Upcoming Peak of Sunspot and Solar Flare Activity Could Set Records

The current solar cycle is intensifying with the expected peak of the cycle still one to three years away.

Then, the cycle starts again.

At the start of this cycle, forecasters were split on how Solar Cycle 25 would play out.

Theofficial prediction put out by NOAA and NASAin 2020 foresaw a weaker-than-average cycle, similar to Cycle 24.

But not all the experts were in agreement.

Space weather impacts the Earth’s ionosphere in this animation.

The disagreement illustrates how much more there is to learn about the sun’s behavior.