Sun Will Flip Its Magnetic Field Soon

[Locutus]

The sun is gearing up for a major solar flip, NASA says.


In an event that occurs once every 11 years, the magnetic field of the sun will change its polarity in a matter of months, according new observations by NASA-supported observatories.


The flipping of the sun's magnetic field marks the peak of the star's 11-year solar cycle and the halfway point in the sun's "solar maximum" — the peak of its solar weather cycle. NASA released a new video describing the sun's magnetic flip on Monday (Aug. 5).

"It looks like we're no more than three to four months away from a complete field reversal," Todd Hoeksema, the director of Stanford University's Wilcox Solar Observatory, said in a statement. "This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system."


As the field shifts, the "current sheet" — a surface that radiates billions of kilometers outward from the sun's equator — becomes very wavy, NASA officials said. Earth orbits the sun, dipping in and out of the waves of the current sheet. The transition from a wave to a dip can create stormy space weather around Earth, NASA officials said.

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Sun Will Flip Its Magnetic Field Soon | Space.com

 

[DaSleeper]

Used to be a great time for "skip" on the ole CB

 

[spaminator]

does that mean that when the sun's change in polarity takes place that the sun is going to rotate once vertically like a ferris wheel? :shock:

 

[Mowich]

Cue the doomsdayers.

 

[Sparrow]

Thanks for posting this, very very interesting.

 

[Angstrom]

With a little luck it will send us back into the Stone Age.
At least I'm hoping.

 

[MHz]

OMG, ..... is my shadow going to be in front of me now???

With a little luck it will send us back into the Stone Age.
At least I'm hoping.

In all honesty even with just fire we might still be a danger to other living things so maybe 4-legged is the only mammals allowed in a sane world.

 

[damngrumpy]

Well look on the sunny side of it of course that is the bright side
some will see their shadow in front of them and think they have
a new friend in some cases a friend

 

[Nuggler]

8O Will my calculator crash ??

 

[L Gilbert]

We'll still have shadows?

 

[WLDB]

Earth's magnetic field flips now and then as well. A lot less frequent than the sun though which is good. If it flipped that often it'd have unpleasant effects on life.

 

[L Gilbert]

Earth's magnetic field flips now and then as well. A lot less frequent than the sun though which is good. If it flipped that often it'd have unpleasant effects on life.

Probably more of an effect on lifestyle than life itself. What If Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip? | Scientists Discuss the Effects of a Geomagnetic Field Reversal | LiveScience

haha wouldn't that mess up the NSA, CIA, etc. data collection?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I blame Sheldon Cooper.