Giant sunspot, larger than Earth's diameter, appears on sun
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 22:30
in Astronomy & Space
An enormous sunspot, labeled AR1944, slipped into view over the sun's left horizon late on Jan. 1, 2014. The sunspot steadily moved toward the right, along with the rotation of the sun, and now sits almost dead center, as seen in the image above from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.