SpaceWeather.com reports that the sunspot dearth continues ; no sunspots have appeared for 22 continuous days. NEW: Spotless Days Current Stretch: 22 days 2009 total: 94 days (88%) Since 2004: 605 days Typical Solar Min: 485 days Furthermore, we are within 70 days of breaking a recorded minimum set in 1913. How long will this minimum extend? Your guess is as good as mine but even the NASA scientists are intrigued . A 55-year low in solar radio emissions: After World War II, astronomers began keeping records of the sun's brightness at radio wavelengths. Records of 10.7 cm flux extend back all the way to the early 1950s. Radio telescopes are now recording the dimmest "radio sun" since 1955: plot . Some researchers believe that the lessening of radio emissions is an indication of weakness in the sun...
