 Solar cycles at max, of course, protect the Earth from cosmic rays, but the opposite is true. Now we get heavy CMEs and proton storms, and they can play havoc, as we know, as we see. Wrapping it up with the live sky, how about this? Our first star, George, to view in our summer skies, we recommend looking to the southern sky at 10 p.m. Local time, look for the beautiful constellation Scorpius.