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From Spaceweather.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By DR.TONY PHILLIPS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 4, 2023:<\/strong> New sunspot AR3296 is breaking the law: Hale\u2019s Law<\/a>. The sunspot\u2019s magnetic field is reversed compared to other nearby sunspots in the sun\u2019s northern hemisphere. This magnetogram from NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Hale\u2019s Law, Solar Cycle 25 sunspots in the sun\u2019s northern hemisphere should have a -\/+ polarity (negative on the left, positive on the right). AR3296 is reversed; its polarity is +\/-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studies show that about 3% of all sunspots violate Hale\u2019s Law. In most ways, reversed polarity sunspots are totally normal. They have about the same lifespan and size as ordinary sunspots. In one important way, however, they are different. According to\u00a0a 1982 survey by Frances Tang<\/a>\u00a0of the Big Bear Solar Observatory, reversed polarity sunspots are more than twice as likely to develop complex magnetic fields, in which + and \u2013 are mixed together. Reversed polarity sunspots are therefore more likely to\u00a0explode<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar flare alerts:<\/strong>\u00a0SMS Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story is brought to you by\u00a0Spaceweather.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New sunspot AR3296 is breaking the law:\u00a0Hale\u2019s Law. The sunspot\u2019s magnetic field is reversed compared to other nearby sunspots in the sun\u2019s northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":256129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818959,691818872,691819344,691819083],"class_list":["post-256125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nasas-solar-dynamics-observatory","tag-northern-hemisphere","tag-solar-cycle-25","tag-sunspots","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-05-195110-1.png?fit=835%2C586&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14D3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":366551,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=366551","url_meta":{"origin":256125,"position":0},"title":"Sun Rules Earth\u00a0Climate","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/17\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we\u2019re talking again about\u00a0Grand solar minimum, but I also speak about a little bit of solar radiation and verification of the new solar\u00a0activity index we discovered with the existing one which is derived by average\u00a0Sunspot number.","rel":"","context":"In \"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)\"","block_context":{"text":"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-dioxide-co%e2%82%82"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-17-145119.png?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-17-145119.png?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-17-145119.png?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-17-145119.png?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-17-145119.png?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":345389,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=345389","url_meta":{"origin":256125,"position":1},"title":"Strongest Solar Flare Yet of Solar Cycle 25 Took Place Earlier Today\u2026CME To Strike This Weekend with Widespread Auroras Possible","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Solar Cycle 25 is nearing its solar maximum and \u2013 as is typical during this phase of a solar cycle \u2013 there has been a lot of solar activity in recent weeks with numerous sunspots. 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