Adverse space weather could head our way.
A sunspot that was a blip a few days ago has now grown ten times its original size and is comparable to the size of a planet now,. Solar scientists are following its activity to see what happens next since the sunspot is aimed directly at the Earth.
Currently, sunspot AR3085 has all their attention since it has been growing in size over the past few days. From a mere blip, the sunspot has grown to a size that is much larger than a planet in the Solar System and has been releasing some solar flares, on and off. Classified as C-class flares, these are still relatively low-intensity flares, but with the sunspot growing larger, the intensity of the flares could also increase.
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