NASA Perseverance identifies sunspot that could soon point toward Earth

NASA's Perseverance rover, which is currently probing Mars, has captured an intriguing large sunspot. As Mars is currently "orbiting over the far side of the Sun," the rover can see "approaching sunspots more than a week before we do," per SpaceWeather.com. This sunspot was spotted crossing the solar disk between August 17-20. Interestingly, the sunspot is expected to point toward our home planet "later this week," possibly bringing an increase in solar activity.