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The sun might've just had a record-breaking number of visible sunspots

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Sunspots are dark areas typically the size of the entire Earth on the sun's surface.

They exhibit strong magnetic fields that can fire off solar flares, which spew electromagnetic radiation into space.

Solar Cycle 25 is proving to be much more active than originally forecast by the scientist experts.

This includes rocket launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral , in depth special reports and features on NOAA 's GOES-R and JPSS satellite series.

Meredith frequents as a panel moderator at the Space Symposium & Satellite Conference , has been a judge for the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame & reoccurring moderator for Foundation for the Future.