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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 How to See Sunspots with Your Own Eyes Surging solar activity means enormous sunspots are in the space-weather forecast. Here’s how to view them safely Scientific American Sunspots 18 August, 2024 | 1452 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆ The sun’s getting feisty. Our star is nearing (or even at) the peak in its magnetic cycle, which means lots of solar storms—such as the big one that lit up the skies with auroras in May—as well as sunspots. Most of these sunspots are small enough to warrant the use of a telescope to see them, but some get so big that they can be spotted (so to speak) with the naked eye—well, an adequately protected eye, that is. And they can be bigger than our entire planet—a lot bigger. So how do these blemishes on the sun’s face form, and how can you safely view them? The sun is hot. No surprise there, of course. Our star’s temperature increases with depth, peaking in the sun’s core at 15 million d
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