We are quickly approaching the most active part of the Sun's 11-year cycle. Our star is flinging a barrage of charged streams of plasma and charged particles at us this year, a trend that according to NASA, will continue well into 2025 as well. This spring, in particular, has proven chaotic for farmers. Solar particles have wreaked havoc with satellites in our planet's orbit, messing with farming equipment that relies heavily on GPS. "Our tractors acted like they were demon possessed," aurora chaser Elaine Ramstad told Spaceweather.com. "All my cousins called me during the May 10th storm to tell […]