Posted: 1/13/2009 12:00:00 AM Reads: 80 Submitted By:jeff Category: Space Source: abcnews.go.com
The sun is on a fairly regular schedule. Every 11 years, solar activity flares up. The next "maximum" active period is expected in 2012. During those active times, the sun spits billions of tons of matter toward Earth that can cause electromagnetic storms that interfere with just about all of our electronic systems.
