sunspot
noun
sun·spot
ˈsən-ˌspät 
: any of the dark spots that appear at times on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope
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Just like our sun, other stars in the universe produce flares — flashes of high-energy radiation from the dark, magnetically dense regions known as sunspots.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Singing onstage at New York’s Beacon Theatre or puttering around her house in Brittany, Birkin appears shorter and stouter, with thin lips and sunspots.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
One bookend for this was the Maunder Minimum between 1660 and 1700 when there were no sunspots.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The increase in number of sunspots and intensity of magnetic activity from the sun has led to more northern lights activity over the past year.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2025
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Singing onstage at New York’s Beacon Theatre or puttering around her house in Brittany, Birkin appears shorter and stouter, with thin lips and sunspots.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
One bookend for this was the Maunder Minimum between 1660 and 1700 when there were no sunspots.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The increase in number of sunspots and intensity of magnetic activity from the sun has led to more northern lights activity over the past year.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Sunspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunspot. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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sunspot
noun
sun·spot
-ˌspät
: one of the dark spots that appear from time to time on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope
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