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Bookmark or Share- What to know about the massive sunspot facing Earth againJune 26, 2024 at 4:55 p.m. EDT. An map of the sun depicting sunspot clusters. (SpaceWeather.com) 3 min. In mid-May, a once-in-a-generation display outbreak of the aurora borealis and australis, or ...
- Sunspots: What are they, and why do they occur? | SpaceSunspots are dark, planet-size regions of strong magnetic fields on the surface of the sun. They can spawn eruptive disturbances such as solar flares and coronal mass...
- Sunspots and Solar Flares - NASA Space PlaceSunspots are areas that appear dark on the surface of the Sun. They appear dark because they are cooler than other parts of the Sun’s surface. Solar flares are a sudden explosion of energy caused by tangling, crossing or reorganizing of magnetic field lines near sunspots.
- He Monitors Solar Flares. Here’s What Keeps Him Up at Night.June 25, 2024, 3:38 p.m. ET. In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a watch for a possible solar storm. A gigantic cluster of spots on the sun was flaring and expelling ...
- Sunspot - WikipediaSunspots are temporary spots on the Sun's surface that are darker than the surrounding area. They are regions of reduced surface temperature caused by concentrations of magnetic flux that inhibit convection. Sunspots appear within active regions, usually in pairs of opposite magnetic polarity.
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