It looks, then, as if a new, extended solar minimum is about to begin.

然而，看上去好像一个新延续的太阳极小期将要开始。

A new solar minimum, then, would test theories about how the climate works and also make communications more reliable.

然而，一个新的太阳极小期将会测试关于气候如何起作用的理论以及还将使得通信更加可靠。

The least sunspots in an 11-year period is considered solar minimum, while the most sunspot signifies the solar maximum.

太阳黑子数量最少的11年时期被认为是太阳活动极小期，而太阳黑子数量最多的时期则代表太阳活动极大期。

We call that period solar maximum and those periods are interspersed about 5 years apart from periods we call solar minimum.

我们称那周期为“太阳活动高峰期”，而那些周期是从太阳活动期里分离出来的5年周期。