Massive sunspot rapidly forming, solar storms possible… 45% chanc

by alexoscarew | February 21, 2013 at 09:22 am
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A giant sunspot that’s at least six times the diameter of Earth has formed on the sun in less than 48 hours, according to NASA.

Sunspots form when the sun’s magnetic fields rearrange and realign. They tend to be unstable andcan lead to solar flares.

According to a news release, scientists from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched the sunspot rapidly grow on February 19 and 20.
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