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Loading contentAreas of strong, complex magnetic field on the Sun, usually marked by sunspots, where magnetic energy builds up and is released. Active regions are the launch sites of the largest solar flares and coronal mass ejections, and are watched closely for space-weather forecasting.
Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.
Space-weather forecasts and alerts: aurora (OVATION), the Kp index, and the G1–G5 geomagnetic storm scale.