The sun is reported to have been blank 76 per cent of the

Sun has a cycle that lasts on average 11 years, and right now we are at the peak of that.

Most of us are in lockdown, and now experts believe that the sun has reportedly also gone into one. The sun is said to have gone into a state called the 'solar minimum' and is about to enter the deepest period of 'sunshine recession' as sunspots are virtually not visibly at all. Some reports suggest that it has been almost 100 days this year when the sun has shown zero sunspots.

"Solar Minimum is underway and it’s a deep one. The sun’s magnetic field has become weak, allowing extra cosmic rays into the solar system.”Astronomer Dr Tony Phillips told The Sun.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had predicted the sun entering 'solar minimum" back in 2017.

In a blog post, it wrote, "The sun is heading toward solar minimum now. Sunspot counts were relatively high in 2014, and now they are sliding toward a low point expected in 2019-2020.

Sun has a cycle that lasts on average 11 years, and right now we are at the peak of that cycle which is called the solar maximum.

"Every 11 years or so, sunspots fade away, bringing a period of relative calm. This is called the solar minimum. And it’s a regular part of the sunspot cycle.” Dean Pesnell of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD noted in a 2017 NASA blog post.

"Every 11 years or so, sunspots fade away, bringing a period of relative calm. This is called the solar minimum. And it’s a regular part of the sunspot cycle.” Dean Pesnell of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD noted in a 2017 NASA blog post.

"While intense activity such as sunspots and solar flares subside during solar minimum, that doesn’t mean the sun becomes dull. Solar activity simply changes form. For instance, says Pesnell, “during solar minimum we can see the development of long-lived coronal holes.”

This may cause health risks to astronauts travelling through space as "the sun’s magnetic field weakens and provides less shielding from these cosmic rays."

But, there is nothing to worry as such.