Giant 'senior citizen' sunspot on 3rd trip around the sun could break a century

Giant 'senior citizen' sunspot on 3rd trip around the sun could break a century

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The unusually old dark patch remains stable and could be on course to become the longest-lived sunspot on record, experts claim.

‘Senior Citizen’ Sunspot AR4100 Returns for a Third Time — Could Break 100

A massive and tenacious sunspot, officially designated AR4100, has now made its third full rotation across the Earth-facing side of the Sun, a feat that places it in rare company and raises the possibility that it could challenge or even surpass a solar longevity record that has stood since 1919. According to a report published by Live Science and independently confirmed on Spaceweather.com, this enduring blemish on the solar surface has persist…