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Nature 442, 26 (6 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442026c; Published online 5 July 2006

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Unpredictable Sun leaves researchers in the dark

Steven Tobias1, David Hughes1 & Nigel Weiss2

  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
  2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK

We agree with the view expressed in your News Feature "The dark side of the Sun" (Nature 441, 402–404; 2006) that solar magnetic activity is important. It leads to such dangerous events as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, as well as being associated with fascinating phenomena such as sunspots and the solar cycle.

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