The next solar cycle is beginning.

[MM0NDX]

"A backward sunspot is a sign that the next solar cycle is beginning." (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15aug_backwards.htm?friend)

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[WA9SVD]

Slightly misleading. If you read the whole article, it's not definite. The sunspot in question was in an unusual area of the sun, and lasted only hours, not days or months, as sunspots normally do. It's too soon to make an assumption that Cycle 24 has actually started. (But it would be nice...)