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The Sun: Abundant Sunspot Activity | NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory FriendsofNASA.org: An abundance of sunspot groups are present on the visible solar disk—at least 12 active regions. Sunspots 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. The southern solar hemisphere has the m

20K views · 230 reactions | Highly active sunspot AR3664 grew tremendously from May 6-9, 2024. See a time-lapse of the region here. As of May 9, it was about 15-Earths wide. Read more  https://trib.al/Pf7P2Vl Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org| edited by Steve Spaleta | Space.com | Facebook

The Spinning Sunspot Visualizations by Tom Bridgman A Zoom-in to the sunspot group to watch it rotate. credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio | Astronomy Nation

Two Weeks in the Life of a Sunspot via NASA Sun Science Our satellites tracked this sunspot for nearly two weeks (July 5-17). It put on a show during its 13-day trip across the face of the sun, producing several solar flares, a coronal mass ejection and a solar energetic particle event. https://go.nasa.gov/2v357pO | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center