Date:   9/24/2008 11:11:09 AM ( 17 y ago)
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URL:   https://www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1263833

The solar wind - the stream of charged particles billowing away from the Sun - is at its weakest for 50 years.

Scientists made the assessment after studying 18 years of data from the Ulysses satellite which has sampled the space environment all around our star.

They expect the reduced output to have effects right across the Solar System.

Indeed, one impact is to diminish slightly the influence the Sun has over its local environment which extends billions of kilometres into space.

the rest...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7632331.stm

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