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Sunspot blasts strong flares that are seen in multiple wavelengths by spacecraft

Sunspot AR4114 erupted with M8 and M6-class solar flares. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in ...
Forbes

Sunspot That Unleashed Historic Auroras And Solar Storm Back With More

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. This article is more than 2 years old. CHARLOTTE, USA - MAY 10 ...
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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 gigantic cluster of sunspots — collectively around the same size as the one that birthed the largest solar storm in recorded history — has just emerged on the sun's Earth-facing side, and is now ...
Phys.org

Corrected sunspot records show the Maunder minimum did not end abruptly

How accurate are past records of sunspots? In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a team of multinational researchers examined the historical record and found that after the unusual ...
The Washington Post

Sunspot that delivered northern lights is returning. What to know.

It’s been 2½ weeks since a once-in-a-generation display of auroras, or northern and southern lights, visited both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Shimmering lights danced as far south as ...