Taken from the Central Queensland
News...
ASTRONOMERS
are claiming that Earth is witnessing the biggest and most powerful
sunspot ever seen and the sunspot is yet to peak in intensity.
Taken from Finda News.......

IT is 100
times the size of Earth. For the first time in two years the surface of
the sun has become active, culminating in a mass of huge solar flares on
Sunday Watching all the while was Owen Bennedict, the owner of Wappa
Falls Observatory near Yandina. Owen, who has had his eyes on the sky
for 50 years, said these solar explosions were some of the largest he
had ever seen. Owen goes on to say.....“Two years ago there was a single
massive explosion, but since then there has not been much activity on
the sun,” he said.” I was surprised by the explosions. It’s a major
event in the world of astronomy. The largest visible sun spot is five
times the size of Earth and the whole area is about 100 times as big.”
Owen said the effects of the explosions would be felt on Earth, causing
not only higher than average temperatures but also electrical and radio
interference.
And this the headline from
the Northern Star...
Is this the biggest sunspot ever?
RICKY (Updated Thursday 16th
July) |