what is the hottest spot on the sun
An enormous black hole has been spotted in the sun - but do not fear, it doesn't spell the end of our solar system. Instead the giant dark spot is a gap in the sun's corona - its scorching hot atmosphere. Holes in the sun's atmosphere are a regular feature and Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has detected a particularly large one covering the northern hemisphere of our star. Scroll down for video.