On: The sun's magnetic field is about to flip

[teepo]

I'm having trouble parsing tfa; does this mean the sun is at "solar maximum" now, and does this also mean we may be in for some more frequent and intense auroras?

[photochemsyn → teepo]

You can see the sunspot cycle progression here, looks like solar maximum will last a year or two:

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression

[wtallis → teepo]

Yes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2024_solar_storms and https://xkcd.com/2930/