 That's a high number with 11 active sunspot groups. But let's take a journey to the inner part of the Earth. Earth's core, the inner core, has slowed and is reversing. This according to many in the geology world. They're saying it's actually slowed in reverse direction. And that, of course, as we mentioned from a geologic survey. But the outer core, George, of the Earth is thought to be in a liquid state where the magnetic field is generated like a dynamo.