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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According to the National Weather Service, this is expected to arrive in July this year, with a peak of around 115 sunspots.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Our sun undergoes an 11-year cycle of magnetic activity, rising from solar minimum when there are hardly any sunspots visible, to solar maximum when there are sunspots, prominences, coronal mass ejections and flares aplenty.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Dark shapes called sunspots are seen in both PHI’s visible light image and its magnetic map, shown below.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Tuesday, May 28, 2024: Old sunspot group AR3664, the most active sunspot region of the current solar cycle — the one responsible for the May 2024 solar storms, announced its return in explosive fashion.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Our sun undergoes an 11-year cycle of magnetic activity, rising from solar minimum when there are hardly any sunspots visible, to solar maximum when there are sunspots, prominences, coronal mass ejections and flares aplenty.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Dark shapes called sunspots are seen in both PHI’s visible light image and its magnetic map, shown below.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Tuesday, May 28, 2024: Old sunspot group AR3664, the most active sunspot region of the current solar cycle — the one responsible for the May 2024 solar storms, announced its return in explosive fashion.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Sunspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunspot. Accessed 9 Mar. 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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