Sun enters new 25-year solar cycle

Updated September 16 2020 - 10:41pm, first published 10:36pm
The sun alternates between 11-year periods of higher and lower activity.
The sun alternates between 11-year periods of higher and lower activity.

Scientists say the sun has entered a new 25-year cycle and will enter a period marked by more sunspots and eruptions.

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