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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?

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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

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

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