The sun is currently blank with no visible sunspots, and this is the 14th straight day, which is the longest such stretch since April 2010. Historically weak solar cycle 24 continues to transition away from its solar maximum phase and towards the next solar minimum. One of the impacts of low solar activity is the increase of cosmic rays that can penetrate into the Earth’s upper atmosphere, and this has some important consequences.
Solar Slump: The Sun has been blank for two weeks straight
