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New method detects emerging sunspots deep inside the sun, provides warning of dangerous solar flares
Posted On: August 19, 2011 - 6:00pm
Sunspots spawn solar flares that can cause billions of dollars in damage to satellites, communications networks and power grids. But Stanford researchers have developed a way to detect incipient sunspots as deep as 65,000 kilometers inside the sun, providing up to two days' advance warning of a damaging solar flare.
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