Maverick astrophysicist calls for unusually intense solar cycle, straying from consensus view
Matthew Cappucci, The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2020
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NASA s Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspots in February 2013.NASA/SDO/AIA/HMI/Goddard Space Flight Center.
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