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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

Astronomers see star enter a ‘Maunder Minimum’ for the first time

05 Apr 2022
Sunspot cycles
Sunspot cycles Images captured by SOHO's Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope demonstrate the changing face of our Sun. The brightest images occur during the solar maximum when the Sun’s magnetic field is strongest and highly dynamic. (© SOHO (ESA & NASA))
For the first time, astronomers have observed a star that has entered a state of low, or flat, activ

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