solar cycle
Americannoun
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Although we are now past the peak of the current solar cycle and heading towards "solar minimum", expected around 2031-32, solar activity will remain relatively high through 2026.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Scientists have found that the Sun's total energy output changes very little, varying by only about 0.06% over the solar cycle.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
By improving knowledge of the solar dynamo, the mission could lead to more accurate predictions of the solar cycle and, in turn, more reliable space weather forecasts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025
The Sun is currently at a "maximum" in its 11-year solar cycle.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
It was a cycle of 532 years, i.e. the lunar cycle of 19 × the solar cycle of 28.978.Cf. p.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
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