German astronomer Samuel Heinrich Schwabe was the first person to note the changing cycle of sun-spots. Occuring usually in a roughtly 11 year cycle, it seems like the sun is in fact becoming less-spotty than is usual. According to David Hathaway, a solar physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center,
It’s been as dead as a doornail.
This solar cycle is predicted to be much smaller and calmer than previously recorded, with its maximum expected around May of 2013.
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