On Mar 12, 7:21*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 3/12/10 2:04 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:

NASA Science News for March 12, 2010

A massive "current of fire" on the sun has started running at high
speed, surprising researchers and challenging some models of the solar
cycle.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...elt.htm?list13...

Also see:
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest.html

Study Peels Back More of the Magnetic Sun
Speed of magnetic flow affects the strength of a solar cycle

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceno...ls-back-more-o...

And this:

"Let's go deeper

What researchers really need is a good look deep inside the sun.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, launched in February 2010, will
provide that when its instruments come online later this year.

SDO is able to map the sun's interior using a technique called
helioseismology. SOHO can do the same thing, but not well enough to
trace the Great Conveyor Belt all the way around. SDO's advanced
sensors might reveal the complete circuit, which "could be the missing
piece we need to forecast the whole solar cycle," said Hathaway.

The research was published in today's issue of Science."

http://www.space.com/news/sun-record...or-100312.html

The claim is that while the top has speed up, the bottom has slowed
down.

Sounds uncomfortable.

--Mike Jr.