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‘No need to panic’ as sunspot with potential for solar flares doubles in size overnight, scientists say

A sunspot pointing toward Earth has the potential to cause solar flares, but experts told USA TODAY that this is far from unusual and that flares would have little effect on the Blue Planet. AR3038, or Active Region 3038, has been expanding over the last...

Tracking sunspots up close

The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the sun. It happens midday on 26 March 2022. Scientists at ESA have been working intensively on an observation campaign, in the days leading up to and around perihelion passage. All...