Scientists believe solar winds can distort magnetic fields during certain weather systems.

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Solar experts believe that the tachocline may be the source of powerful magnetic fields that produce strong solar flares and solar winds, and create sunspots that mysteriously appear and disappear during an 11-year cycle.

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During solar maximum, the intense magnetic fields that reach above the Sun's surface become tangled, particularly near the sunspots.

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Matt Penn and William Livingston of the National Solar Observatory predict that by the time Solar Cycle 25 arrives, magnetic fields on the sun will be so weak that few if any sunspots will be formed.

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The twisted magnetic fields can snap back and explode, powering solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

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