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Last Post 5/26/2015 2:45 PM by  Paulett Liewer
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5/21/2015 8:32 AM

    Robert L

    Has there actually been physical evidence of sunspot activity on other stars other than our own sun?

    Tags: sunspots, stars

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    5/26/2015 2:45 PM

    Hi Robert,

    Yes, "starspots" have been observed on many other stars. NASA's Kepler mission, which was staring at a bunch of stars to look for extrasolar planets crossing the disk, has greatly increased our observations of sunspots on other stars.

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