Although the sun is our nearest star, we certainly don’t have it all figured out.Take, for example, that last week or so — the sun’s disk has been mostly sunspot-free and the X-ray output of the sun has plummeted since the beginning of July. This is in stark contrast to all the fireworks in the first few months of 2014.
via Why Has the Sun Gone So Quiet? : Discovery News.
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