Month: July 2025

MAGNETIC FIELD – The Sun’s magnetic field that is responsible for sunspots, solar flares, and the overall solar activity cycle.

SOLAR PROMINENCES – Large, bright, gaseous features extending from the Sun’s surface, often seen as loops or arcs.

SOLAR FLARES – Sudden, intense bursts of energy and radiation from the Sun, often associated with sunspots.

SUNSPOTS – Dark patches on the Sun’s photosphere caused by magnetic activity that is cooler than the surrounding areas.

CORONA – The Sun’s outermost atmosphere, consisting of a hot, ionized gas extending millions of kilometers into space.

CHROMOSPHERE – The thin layer of the Sun’s atmosphere above the photosphere, visible during a solar eclipse as a reddish glow.

PHOTOSPHERE – The visible surface of the Sun, emitting light and heat, located above the convective zone.

CONVECTIVE ZONE – The outer layer of the Sun’s interior, where energy is transferred by convection, with hot plasma rising and cooler plasma sinking.

RADIATIVE ZONE – The layer of the Sun where energy is transported outward through radiation, from the core to the outer layers.

CORE – The innermost region of the Sun where nuclear fusion occurs, producing the Sun’s energy.