Giant Sunspot Faces Earth

Solar scientists following recent sunspot activity have observed the largest sunspots since November 2003 -- the largest one 20 times the size of Earth -- and they're now facing us. Large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), ocurring during high sunspot activity, can have devastating effects to satellites, astronauts in space, and even power grids here on Earth. So far, only moderate flares and CMEs have resulted from this group of sunspots.

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