ACTIVE SUNSPOT: On June 1st, a small but surprisingly active sunspot rotated over the sun's eastern limb. In less than 24 hours, it has unleashed nearly a dozen C-class solar flares and hurled a pair of CMEs into space--an impressive display of fireworks. So far, none of the explosions have targeted Earth, but this could change in the days ahead as the active region rotates toward our planet. Visit Spaceweather.com for more information and updates.
Above: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught new sunspot AR2661 hurling a plume and ball of plasma high above the sun's surface during the early hours of June 1st.
