The sun‘s surface has gone completely “blank” without any sunspots.
Resent NASA images show no evidence of dark cores on the sun’s surface representing sunspots.
It is the fourth time this year that the star has gone “blank” with sunspot activity at its lowest rate for 10,000 years.
There is also a sharp decline in solar activity which may herald the start of a new ice age by 2019.
The Daily Star reports:
Sunspot activity is like a pendulum, swinging back and forth within a period of 11 or 12 years, according to SpaceWeather.
But experts say solar activity is falling more rapidly than any time in the last 10,000 years.
The last time sunspots vanished at such a rapid rate was during a centuries-long ice age that began in the 15th century.