SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 01/11/2024

IS SOMETHING COMING? The Earthside of the sun is mostly quiet. A more active region might be lurking around the corner. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory just saw a huge plume of plasma fly up from behind the sun’s eastern limb. The blast site is hidden from view. It could be linked to an active farside sunspot group. If so, the sun’s rotation will turn it to face Earth later this week.

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