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Massive sunspots and huge solar flares mean unexpected space weather for Earth

  • Written by Alexa Halford, Researcher in Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
imageA huge solar flare flashes in the middle of the sun on Sept. 6, 2017. A separate image of the Earth provides scale.NASA/GSFC/SDO, CC BY

If you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the sun. You’ll see two big dark areas visible on our star. These massive sunspots are regions...

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