But now new sunspots are moving into view, and a new solar cycle seems to have dawned this past December, which NOAA and other experts expect to be one of the weaker cycles since the 1750s. (scientificamerican.com)
For reasons still not understood, when the streams reach 22 degrees of latitude, north and south, they touch off a new solar cycle, and the sunspots reappear. (sciencemag.org)
But now the new solar cycle has begun, and Hill reports that scientists have detected the first sunspot of that cycle. (sciencemag.org)