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Sunspots' Tangled Tale: Why the Sun Has Spots:

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 04:20 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38338


Explaining the source of sunspots is a pretty tough nut to crack. People
have known about the features for centuries -- early Chinese and medieval
European stargazers noted down when they saw faint blotches in the morning
or evening sun -- but it wasn't until recently that scientists came up with
a half-satisfactory answer for where the spots come from.