• Big "Martian Sunspot" Now Facing Earth

    From Dumas Walker@1337:3/103 to All on Fri Feb 9 13:36:13 2024
    Big "Martian Sunspot" Now Facing Earth

    It poses a threat for X-class flares

    Space Weather News for Feb. 8, 2024
    https://spaceweather.com
    https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

    "MARTIAN SUNSPOT" TURNS TOWARD EARTH: A sunspot so big it can be seen from Mars is turning toward Earth today. Visible through ordinary eclipse glasses, the behemoth has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that poses a threat for X-class solar flares. Any such eruptions in the days ahead will be squarely Earth-directed. Full story @ Spaceweather.com (https://spaceweather.com) .

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