Space Weather News for April 13, 2019
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WATCH A SUNSPOT CRACK UP: This weekend, one of the largest sunspots in recent years is directly facing Earth. The behemoth is not producing strong flares, but it is doing something rare and interesting. A canyon of light (called a "light bridge") is opening inside the sunspot's dark core, presaging a possible disruptive breakup. The scale of the spot makes it an easy target for amateur astronomers with properly-filtered backyard telescopes. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com to learn more.
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Above: Big sunspot AR2738, photographed on April 13, 2019, by Francois Rouviere of Cannes, France. Browse Spaceweather.com's Realtime Photo Gallery for more.
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