By Yara Del Rio-Dominguez |Staff Writer| Solar activity is at an all time low for this time of year. The sun seems to be producing only half the number of sunspots, its magnetic poles are oddly out of place, and it's also going through the oddest reverse cycles, according to Robert Holtz writer for the Wall Street Journal. The sun is going through an odd, reverse cycle where its polarity is distorted. During the magnetic-field reversal the sun's polarity switches to an opposite magnetic polarity. The sun is currently at the same magnetic polarity as the South Pole. CSUSB professor Karen Kolehmainen said, "I've heard a few reports about the number of sunspots being … [Read more...] about Solar activity stranger than in 200 years
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