A long-range space-weather forecast: After the quietest low in a century in the 11-year cycle of solar activity, NOAA scientists predict the next solar peak will top out in May 2013 at the lowest level since 1928. But even "weak" solar cycles can act up. A similar cycle in 1859 produced a solar storm that set fires in telegraph offices and sparked Northern Lights bright enough to read newspapers by.
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