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Bookmark or Share- Sunspots and Solar Flares | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for KidsSunspots 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.
- Sunspots - NASA ScienceSunspots are the visible component of active regions, areas of intense and complex magnetic fields on the Sun that are the source of solar eruptions. Sunspots can be seen on the Sun’s photosphere, or visible surface of the Sun.
- Track the Solar Cycle with Sunspots - NASA ScienceSunspots are associated with solar activity and are used to track the solar cycle. Every 11 years, the Sun gets very active and the number of sunspots — dark, cooler areas on the Sun — increases dramatically.
- 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...
- Sunspot regions | Solar activity - SpaceWeatherLive.comOn this page you'll find an overview of all the visible sunspot regions on the Sun together with their properties, images and the chances on solar flares or proton events. This page is updated daily and the sunspot images every hour. Magn. Class Magn.
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