Sunspot the Size of Jupiter
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Environment Center has issued an Official Space Weather Advisory stating that two very intense centers of activity have emerged on the sun. One of them, Sunspot 484, has grown into one of the biggest sunspots in years, and it’s now about the size of the planet Jupiter. It may eventually become bigger than the largest one ever recorded, which took place on April 2, 2001.
Region 484 has developed with unusual speed. The region produced an X-Class solar flare on October 19, but earthly effects were minimal because the eruption was not pointing in our direction. However, any eruption occurring during the next week will be pointing directly or nearly directly toward Earth and will affect us.
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