NASA Science Live: Our Next Solar Cycle

The Sun goes through regular cycles of activity approximately every 11 years, and tracking these cycles is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on human technology and astronauts in space. Join NASA and NOAA experts Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 3:00 p.m. EDT as they discuss predictions for the upcoming solar cycle. Send in your questions by commenting below or by using #askNASA.

[brentpolk]

I think that NASA has very low expectations of the public's intelligence. Some of us might not be PhD wielding astrophysicist, but we can take a little bit more science then we're being given.

[phillipmain]

Grand solar minimum! Get ready for longer winters and cooler temps!

[majomartinez]

The live ones from NASA are interesting and very informative, it is interesting to know about astronomy, also about what the sun is, I personally love this type of topic

[oshinthegill]

Space science is mysterious and magnificent.

[dropsofink]

These professionals were careful to specifically avoid talking about solar cycles and Earth weather cycles. A Carrington event is nothing compared to the next onset of an entire ice age. Completely sidestepped the question that actually effects our lives and would justify their budgets.

[Gpacharlie]

Down here on the ground its a great time to be in the snow shovel business.

[effienti]

All I want to know is how we now when it's happening but if you said it I have to watch all over again.

[rofl-ing]

Are we going to avoid altogether a discussion on Climate Change here?

[omidrastin]

everybody who is reading my comment may their parents live forever.

[thomaspersson]

Solar wind is the thing to watch, as we now a decrease in the wind, is a indication off our sun going to sleep, for the next 30-70 years, this will become a mini ice age.

[francismcclaughry]

since I play in amature radio. this was very intestring.

[PafMedic]

So...In Not So Many Words, We Could Go Into Mini Ice Age..We Still Have 0 Spots, I Was Looking Yesterday

[Ace_ace_baby]

I said a bookmark to watch this video but when my alarm went off I just started playing video games with my friend I missed the whole thing😂

[dizzcorn]

All this technology and exploration and we can't get the guy at 4:34 stable internet. It's literally laying cables in dirt.

[udayshankar]

I love space science my life goal is studying atronomer ^_^

[merfious]

Wow so Epic. Thanks for giving us knowledge XD

[raamisafa]

When I grow up I want to work astronaut

[StMyles]

Interesting thanks for sharing JOY and NASA.

[persianiran]

Dear NASA!! Please make a special video about discovering the scientists about a amazing fact of venus planet 's clouds and how possible that can there is life in them !!

[enigmaticloremaster]

I operate HF radio's in the 27.335mhz bands, when there is high sunspot activity we get a phenomenon called skip. This is a condition when the upper atmosphere becomes ionized and reflects some of the radio waves back around the curvature of the earth. This makes it possible to communicate with other operators many thousands of miles away using very low transmittion power. With out the sunspot activity communications are only limited to about 100-200 miles on upper and lower side band frequencies, With little increase in distance no matter how much power is applied to transmittions.