Solar Activity: Smallest Sunspot Cycle Since 1906

Solar Activity: Smallest Sunspot Cycle Since 1906

Predicting the behavior of a sunspot cycle is fairly reliable once the cycle is well underway (about 3 years after the minimum in sunspot number occurs(1). Prior to that time the predictions are less…
IC 4628:The Prawn Nebula Recipe For Young Stars

IC 4628:The Prawn Nebula Recipe For Young Stars

6,000 light-years away, in the constellation of Scorpius, nebula IC 4628 is a huge region filled with gas and clumps of dark dust which produces brilliant hot young stars. In visible light, these…