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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

What are Sunspots? Sun Headed for ‘Solar Minimum’ NASA Scientists Say:

eHam.net News – SUNSPOT activity across the sun is coming to a grinding halt as the burning star approaches its solar minimum cycle, scientists have spectacularly revealed. Roughly every 11 years or so, the sun reaches its so-called solar minimum, or period of relative calm across its surface. The solar minimum is a normal part of the star’s cycle when dark sunspots fade away and become less active. According to NASA scientists Holly Gilbert, sunspots are dark regions on the surface of the sun, where intense areas of magnetic force bundle up to trap all heat and light from escaping

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