By looking at the sun at different wavelengths, we can peel off the different layers in the (solar) atmosphere, just like peeling an onion.

The fast-growing sunspot now covers an area of the solar disk equivalent to the surface area of 13 planet Earths. That makes it the largest sunspot of the current solar cycle.

This is due to the fact that the telescope at La Palma has a much bigger mirror. It is far too expensive to bring such large mirrors out into space.

This is also a very fast one. It could arrive already tomorrow afternoon or evening if it does not slow down.

That's the novelist's job: to peel back the layers and look underneath.

You now have big agents out there looking for the next Dwayne Peel or Gavin Henson. That is why it's so important that at this age we can identify future regional players for all the regions.