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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However, the frequency of sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections is not constant.
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Ryan French, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The charter captain and Below Deck Down Under star recently spoke to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with melanoma in December after noticing changes in a sunspot on his left side.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
The spectacle was caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, which erupted from a sunspot cluster on the sun.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR4046 and was accompanied by a spectacular filament eruption and coronal mass ejection (CME) — an expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Ryan French, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The charter captain and Below Deck Down Under star recently spoke to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with melanoma in December after noticing changes in a sunspot on his left side.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
The spectacle was caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, which erupted from a sunspot cluster on the sun.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR4046 and was accompanied by a spectacular filament eruption and coronal mass ejection (CME) — an expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Sunspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunspot. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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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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