Giant sunspot solar flare

A sunspot known as AR3038 has recently expanded in size. On Sunday, footage from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals how the sunspot has twisted and ...

A sunspot known as AR3038 has recently expanded in size. Thankfully, these flares will not reach our globe, but their radiation can. People of earth beware!

A sunspot on the surface of the sun is growing at a double rate everyday. This is set to cause some geomagnetic storm and fling some solar flares on our ...

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“Here comes the sun” never sounded so ominous. Scientists issued a dire warning Sunday after a huge sunspot named AR3038 doubled in size and is now pointed ...

“Yesterday, sunspot AR3038 was big,” scientists told SpaceWeather.com. “Today, it’s enormous. Last month, NASA captured an X-class solar flare that erupted from the sun and sent energy across the galaxy, which made for spectacular imagery of the invisible light. And while the Earth-oriented sun spot has yet to produce such a firestorm, it could still potentially fire off an M-class solar flare — the second strongest type.

Sunspots are dark, planet-sized regions that appear on the “surface” of the Sun. Space weather experts continuously keep an eye on sunspots.

The fast-growing sunspot has doubled in size in only 24 hours.” Recently, a giant sunspot was detected that doubled in size in the past 24 hours. Footage from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on Sunday shows how the sunspot has evolved over the past day, twisting and contorting.

A HUGE sunspot which doubled in size over a 24-hour period is now directly facing Earth, meaning a large solar flare could strike the planet.

NASA says: "Known as a coronal mass ejection or CME these solar explosions propel bursts of particles and electromagnetic fluctuations into Earth's atmosphere. The sunspot, known as AR3038, doubled in size between Sunday and Monday night. And while a solar storm can come into contact with the Earth's magnetic sphere and cause some disruption, solar flares do not actually cause any physical harm.