12/16/99 Solar Cycle Ups and Downs Continues to Mystify Scientists
Solar activity is picking up, but not as much as one team of scientists had predicted. NASA Space Science News (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast16dec99_1.htm)
11/12/99 Look at that Sunspot Go!
The planet Mercury grazes the sun in an unusual transit that will not occur again until 2314. NASA Space Science News (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast12_nov_1.htm)
10/14/99 Solar Cycle Update
Updated predictions from NASA scientists put the solar max sometime in mid-2000. NASA Space Science News (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast14oct99_1.htm)
8/31/99 Solar Activity Heats Up
A class X solar flare and a large coronal mass ejection (CME) on August 28, 1999. NASA Space Science News (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast31aug99_1.htm)
6/2/99 New Research on Spectral Behavior in Solar Flares
Researchers discover common mechanism which could yield new insight into how particles are accelerated to high energies. NASA Space Science News (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast02jun99_1.htm)
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