The Sun's Hole!

A hole on the Sun was discovered between July 13th and 18th by a Heliospheric Observatory. A video, released by NASA shows a large dark spot, surrounded by solar activity, on the surface of the Sun at the North Pole. This spot covers nearly a quarter of the Sun's surface. NASA is calling this spot a Coronal spot. Coronal spots are darker, cooler regions of the Sun's atmosphere or corona containing little solar material. The magnetic field over the hole goes out into space with the wind instead of wrapping back around into the Sun. The coronal holes can also effect the solar weather. The winds over these holes are three times faster than the areas around it. Astronomers are still uncertain as to what causes these holes to appear. These holes are not an uncommon occurrence but the frequency of the holes depend on the solar activity cycle. The Sun is fast approaching the 11-year peak of its activity cycle, this is known as the solar maximum. During this peak event, the Sun's poles switch their magnetism. The coronal holes usually decrease leading up to the switching of the poles. After the switch, new coronal holes appear near the holes again and as the Sun reaches the peak of the activity cycle again, the holes get closer to the equator, getting bigger in size once again. Many people did not know this event happens to the Sun. It is not harmful to the Earth or the Surrounding planets. This is normal with the Sun's cycle every 11 years.

                         This is a picture of the Coronal hole, covering a quarter of the

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