sunspot
noun
sun·spot
ˈsən-ˌspät 
: any of the dark spots that appear at times on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope
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The center monitors sunspots, solar flares and plasma emissions called coronal mass ejections that could impact the electrical grid, communication, satellites and more.
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
These flares are typically linked to active regions on the sun, which are often visible as sunspots—areas where the magnetic fields are most concentrated and dynamic.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
The sun exhibits an 11-year cycle in its activity, which in 2014 was at its peak, when sunspots were common and these coronal loops arced above them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
His sketches captured sunspots, which helped astronomers determine that the solar cycles were still occurring as expected when Kepler observed them, rather than lasting for abnormally long amounts of time as previously believed.
—Cnn, The Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
These flares are typically linked to active regions on the sun, which are often visible as sunspots—areas where the magnetic fields are most concentrated and dynamic.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
The sun exhibits an 11-year cycle in its activity, which in 2014 was at its peak, when sunspots were common and these coronal loops arced above them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
His sketches captured sunspots, which helped astronomers determine that the solar cycles were still occurring as expected when Kepler observed them, rather than lasting for abnormally long amounts of time as previously believed.
—Cnn, The Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2024
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sunspot
noun
sun·spot
-ˌspät
: one of the dark spots that appear from time to time on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope
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