Sunspot 4079, the “second coming” of Sunspot 4055
Solar Wind Storm in Progress, and About 100 Ellerman Bombs Surrounding Sunspot 4079, Going Off At Once
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 05/03/2025
A VERY BIG SUNSPOT: How big is it? Sunspot 4079 is, by far, the biggest sunspot of 2025. It stretches 140,000 km across the solar disk and covers an area equal to 50% of Carrington’s sunspot in 1859. Amateur astronomer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau of Rafaela, Argentina, peered into the sunspot’s dark heart on May 2nd, and this is what he saw:
