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n. - A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere.

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  • The sun storm was a C3 class flare and erupted from a sunspot known as sunspot 1105.
  • And the article’s study of variations in sunspot activity and cosmic rays goes up only until 1980.
  • Changes in solar output (aka sunspot cycles) helped temps go up in 1900-1957, and it helped temps go down recently.
  • 'Changes in solar output (aka sunspot cycles) helped temps go up in 1900-1957, and it helped temps go down recently.'
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