Matt Penn and William Livingston of the National Solar Observatory predict that by the time Solar Cycle 25 arrives, magnetic fields on the sun will be so weak that few if any sunspots will be formed.

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If a person is present in a shot, as in an upsweeping view of a concrete column at Dulles Airport or alongside a gargantuan telescope at Kitt Peak Solar Observatory, that human is usually minuscule by comparison.

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In the video below from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, we see a massive filament eruption.

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The spectacle is based on data taken from the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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The picture comes courtesy of the ever-watchful NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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"It was more powerful than the famous March 6, 1989 flare which was related to the disruption of the power grids in Canada, " said Paal Brekke, a project scientist with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.

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