NASA predicts that the Sun will reverse its own magnetic poles during 2012 as result of reaching the end of the current 11-year sunspot cycle.

so... what's that going to do exactly?

this is mostly to quiet my archiologist freind who believes that the reversal will either affect the planet or redirect 433 Eros somehow.

bah, damn the Mayans and their excellent calculations for making tons of people worry about some coming end of mankind.

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