NASA reveals how Solar Cycle 25 will impact lives and technology on Earth

THE SUN’S 25TH CYCLE IS HERE.

Every 11 years, the Sun begins a new solar cycle, marked by periods of violent eruptions and magnetic explosions that send flashes of radiation into space.

The new solar cycle began in December 2019. On Tuesday, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced it will be similar to the last cycle. Considered relatively calm, that cycle included the weakest solar maximum since 1928.

Calm or not, the new solar cycle will still impact life on Earth, as well as future space voyages.