A SUNSPOT FROM THE NEXT SOLAR CYCLE: Over the weekend, a magnetically reversed sunspot appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere. Its high latitude and "backwards" magnetic polarity mark it as a member of the next solar cycle. Is Solar Minimum over? Not even close, but this development does suggest that Solar Cycle 25 is stirring. Learn more on today's edition of Spaceweather.com.
Above: This magnetic map of the sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a short-lived "ephemeral" sunspot that appears to be a member of the next solar cycle.
