How do the sunspots get created?

Sunspots are formed continuously as the Sun's magnetic field actively moves through the Sun. The sunspots have ... As the Sun rotates, the magnetic loops wrap tigher and tighter (and get more and more twisted and complicated) until the magnetic field is wound up so tight that the fields ("rubber bands") snap! read more

Since this is a 11 year process, we can say that the magnetic field of the Sun is continuously moving through it and as a result there are variations that affect the temperature and energy output of certain regions on the Sun’s surface. These variations are what we see as Sun Spots. read more

Sunspots are darker than the surrounding areas because they are expending less energy and have a lower temperature. Sunspots often have poles ("polarity") like the south and north poles of magnets. Sunspots are formed continuously as the Sun's magnetic field actively moves through the Sun. read more