Sunspots on the Sun (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Sunspots on the Sun

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Sunspots on the sun are areas of complex and intense magnetic fields, which can produce eruptions on the sun such as solar flares. Each is labeled by NOAA with a number. Active region 2241 erupted with a mid-level flare on Dec. 18, 2014.

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