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The Sun is now again approaching its 11-year "Schwab Cycle" maximum activity, here image taken by Solar Orbiter in October 2023. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team

A cosmic mystery solved? New evidence shows that the planets influence the Sun's magnetic cycles.

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Researchers identify eddy currents in the Sun, called Rossby waves, as mediating the tidal effects of Venus, Earth and Jupiter on the Sun's magnetic activity
The animation above shows the daily maximum air temperature over North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia between June 15 and 25, 2024. It was produced by combining satellite observations with temperature forecasts from a version of NASA's Earth Observatory GEOS model.

Breaking the thermometer: the climate crisis hit many countries while breaking heat records

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49 degrees Celsius in Mecca in the midst of the Hajj. In Delhi, 35 degrees were recorded - at night. From January to May 2024, an average increase of 1.1 degrees above the multi-year average was recorded in the Northern Hemisphere
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