Sunspots disappeared this week. Five days with no spots is the longest since May 9-19, 2010, when we saw 11 days in a row in which the Sun was spotless. Since then, there has only been the occasional day or two which was spot-free. April 2010 saw 13 consecutive days with no spots, followed by one day in which the sunspot number was 12 (indicating the emergence of a sunspot group with two spots)...
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