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Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth
A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is ...
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Giant sunspot could match the most powerful magnetic storm in history causing electrics to explode
Scientists are monitoring one of the biggest sunspot groups of the past decade, though experts say the likelihood of a major ...
Sunspots — those marks that aren't freckles or moles — are signs you’ve spent your fair share of time soaking up the sun. “Sunspots are your skin’s response to daily exposure to ultraviolet rays,” ...
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Rare images reveal active sunspots minutes before they unleashed powerful X-flares that caused November 2025's stunning auroras
GREGOR's high-resolution FAST IMAGER happened to scan the sunspots in active region NOAA 14274 just 30 minutes before the ...
Large cluster of sunspots that can cause strong solar flares and affect power grids detected by NASA
NASA has detected a large grouping of sunspots — dark patches on the sun — known as AR3576, which have increased in size in the last month and could be a risk for strong solar flares. Solar flares, ...
Observing an eclipse of the sun is always fascinating, but on March 29, 2025 — when a partial solar eclipse is visible in the Northern Hemisphere — there will be an extra reason to do so. As well as ...
Astronomers have released photos of huge dark patches on the sun that are big enough to swallow our planet whole. These dark patches, known as sunspots, are of interest to astronomers because they ...
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Multiple sunspots rotate into view, raising U.S. northern lights odds in next 7 - 10 days
Could we see more northern lights this month? Multiple sunspots are rotating into view, with one already release an X-class ...
Just to remind everyone: The Day After Tomorrow is fiction. You might need such a reminder after a spate of press releases coming out of the recent National Astronomy Meeting in Wales. These releases, ...
A cluster of sunspots 15 times the size of Earth rolled into view. These have been fizzing with activity and could send solar weather toward Earth as early as Saturday. Space weather is mostly ...
And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: April 8th, 1947, 71 years ago today … a notable SUN day, even though the calendar actually said it was Tuesday. For that was the day of the biggest ...
The sun may be the focal point of our solar system, but astronomers are still trying to understand some strange processes that unfold on the star, including sunspots. Sunspots show up like dark spots ...
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