In another week, the sunspot might be staring right at us.
reportedSunspots are areas of intense magnetic fields on the Sun that temporarily halts the process of convection on the Sun. As a result, the area of this high magnetic intensity does not receive the churning charged gases from the Sun's interior, and its temperature drops. This makes it appear a bit darker when compared to the rest of the Sun, where the magnetic field is not that intense. This is why it is called a sunspot.
In the case of AR3088, the poles have rotated by 90 degrees such that the positive pole is on top while the negative pole is on the bottom. Scientists were not entirely sure why this was observed, but later as the Sun rotated, the sunspot too turned away from Earth.Sunspot AR3088 is now bigger and angrier than before and will be staring at Earth about a week from now.
Unlike Earth, though, the Sun is a hot ball of gas, so sound waves can travel much more easily through it and can be read on the other side as well. The only problem is that sound cannot be detected on Earth, so scientists measure small changes in the light given off by the Sun to detect these vibrations. As of now, the sunspots on the far side have caused major changes to vibrations recorded on Earth, and we will have to wait and see what these sunspots spew out in the days to come.
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