* HUGE PROMINENCE
A solar prominence big enough to swallow ten planet Earths is dancing along the northeastern limb of the sun today.

* ARE SUNSPOTS DISAPPEARING?
Sunspots are made of magnetism. The "firmament" of a sunspot is not matter but rather a strong magnetic field that appears dark because it blocks the upflow of heat from the sun's fiery depths. Without magnetism, there would be no sunspots.

That's what makes the following graph a little troubling:

* JUPITER UPDATE
A little more than a month after a mystery-object crashed into Jupiter, the debris cloud is still visible

Posted: 11:50:34 PM