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  VIRAL: Watch three years of Sun in three minutes

  NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun’s rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in its regular 11-year cycle.
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  NASA expects a double-peaked Solar Max cycle

  2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, but solar activity is much lower than expected. At least one leading forecaster expects the sun to rebound with a double-peaked maximum later this year.
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  NASA TIME-LAPSE: The X-Ray Sun over 5.5 years

  Watch this time-lapse of the Sun from its solar minimum to nearing its solar maximum now.