The sun is now entering the “solar maximum,” the time during its 11-year solar cycle when it’s most active, producing sunspots and solar flares. There are also two solar eclipses coming up over a six-month period. Not coincidentally, we’re also now beginning the Heliophysics Big Year, when solar science researchers are most active, and there are a variety of citizen science opportunities to bring the public along for the ride.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

www.Scistarter.org/nasa

www.SciStarter.org/eclipse

NASA Heliophysics Big Year

Citizen CATE

Eclipse Soundscapes Data Collector

 

Eclipse Soundscapes Observer

NASA Heliophysics Big Year Zines

NASA Eclipse Map