The Sun Is Acting Up

Our Sun’s magnetic field flips every 11 years, causing cycles of higher activity. The last flip happened in 20 19, so the Sun will experience increasing solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and sunspots, until 20 25. This week, 2 powerful X-class solar flares blasted out, which caused a shortwave radio blackout. Stronger flares can knock out power grids.