How big are sunspots?
The short answer? Really big. The long answer? Really, really big.
The short answer? Really big. The long answer? Really, really big.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2012
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The Sun has been quiet recently but early today (04:13 UTC on March 5, 2012) it unleashed a powerful X1-class solar flare and coronal mass ejection. The latest estimates indicate the CME will probably miss Earth, but hit ...
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2012
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The latest sunspot region to traverse the face of the Sun has nearly doubled in size as it aims Earthward, as seen in the animation above from NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory. (Click image to play the animation.)
Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2012
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Hydrogen molecules may act as a kind of energy sink that strengthens the magnetic grip that causes sunspots, according to scientists from Hawaii and New Mexico using a new infrared instrument on an old telescope.
Astronomy
Jan 31, 2012
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What has been billed as the largest sunspot observed in several years has now rotated around to stare straight at Earth. How large is it? Active Region 1339 and the group of sunspots adjacent to it extends more than 100,000 ...
Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Telescopes spotted the first blemish on the sun in 1611. While the sun had long been thoughtat least in the Western worldto be an unchanging, "perfect" orb, sky-watchers observed black sunspots ...
Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Behemoth sunspot 1302 unleashed another strong flare on Saturday morning--an X1.9-category blast at 5:40 am EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A large coronal mass ejection (CME) shot off the West (right) side of the sun at 6:24 PM ET on September 21, 2011. The CME is moving away from Earth at about 900 miles per second.
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2011
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A third and fourth flare have erupted from sunspot 1283. The third came on September 7 at 6:36 PM ET, and was categorized as an X1.8 by the GOES spacecraft, making it the second X-class flare within 24 hours.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2011
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(AP) -- Forecasters say a new solar flare should provide only a glancing blow on Earth on Friday and is unlikely to cause any problems.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2011
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