As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

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This magnetism was strongest in dark regions called sunspots. In the 17th century, Galileo used the newly developed telescope to reveal that the sun was blemished with spots. He observed many of ...

The sunspots are the visible evidence of the solar magnetic field changing its polarity, and appear as darker areas where there is a greater strength of magnetic flux in the sun’s photosphere.

Anyone can get sunspots, but they usually appear around age 40—thanks to more years spent in the sun. These spots happen when cells that produce skin pigment (called melanin) overproduce after ...

Most remain buried inside the sun’s massive girth, but some magnetic pipes, as thick as the Earth is wide, emerge on the surface as sunspots. This magnetism choreographs the slithery dance in ...

Galileo was among the first to observe that the Sun was marked by small dark imperfections. Observers began to keep track of these sunspots, noting not only their variable number but the fact that ...

CHARLOTTE, USA - MAY 10: A view of an unusual sun activity created a sunspot, that is responsible ... [+] for a G4 Geostorm on Earth, the last time this magnitude happened was 20 years ago in ...

On a hot and humid Florida night in late August 1859, the sky suddenly lit up. But it was not from fireflies or a fireswamp.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft is on a journey.

The Sun is preparing for a major event: the reversal of its magnetic field. This phenomenon marks a turning point in the solar cycle, signaling the transition from solar maximum to solar minimum. This ...

While the SUNocular-Mini 6x30 is aimed at kids and good only for a casual glance at the sun during an eclipse, the SUNocular 8x32 is for those that want to see sunspots on the surface of the sun ...