A cluster of sunspots is seen highlighted by an arrow and a circle on a picture of the sun.
A cluster of sunspots, 15 times the size of the Earth, seen on November 23, 2023.
  • A cluster of sunspots 15 times the size of Earth rolled into view.
  • These have been fizzing with activity and could send solar weather toward Earth as early as Saturday. 
  • Space weather is mostly harmless, though scientists are looking out for a rare once-a-century superstorm.

A cluster of sunspots has rolled into view of Earth and may send a solar storm our way as early as Saturday.

The cluster includes about a dozen sunspots that are around 125,000 miles wide— about 15 times bigger than our planet, Space.com reported.