Solar cycle

MORE THAN 5,000 years ago people in Ireland carved a representation of an eclipse into three stones at a megalithic monument—the first known recording of a solar eclipse, scholars say. Researchers have further noted that the sun shines into a chamber of this monument in County Meath on the later ancient…

by Ann Hendon THE SUN is currently experiencing its weakest solar cycle in over a century, according to the latest data from scientists. Not only could this tip the temperature balance and lead to a cold period — even possibly a new Ice Age — but it could severely impact corporations and businesses…