At present, the Sun is in quietest phase of its 11 - year cycle of activity. (newscientist.com)
For the last few years, the sun has been in a relatively quiet phase: there have been few sunspots, which are the markers of a powerful sun. (scientificamerican.com)
Interestingly, an NSF - funded study also found that the Earth is bombarded by high speeds of solar energy during even quiet phases, called the solar minimum, when sunspots are fewer or have disappeared. (discovermagazine.com)