WATCH: Huge chunk of SUN has broken off- scientists left baffled Photos: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org
WATCH: Huge chunk of SUN has broken off- scientists left baffled
Scientists have discovered a huge chunk of the sun has broken off and was circulating in a polar vortex. WATCH the video here.
WATCH: Huge chunk of SUN has broken off- scientists left baffled Photos: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org
A new development has left scientists baffled. A huge chunk of the sun broke off its surface, creating a tornado-like swirl around its North Pole.
WATCH AS A HUGE CHUNK OF THE SUN BREAKS OFF
Dr. Tamitha Skov, a space weather physicist who regularly shares updates on social media, wrote on Twitter that a ‘material’ from a northern prominence broke away from the main filament and was circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of the sun.
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“Talk about Polar Vortex! Material from a northern prominence just broke away from the main filament & is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our Star. Implications for understanding the Sun’s atmospheric dynamics above 55° here cannot be overstated!”
Dr. Tamitha Skov wrote in her tweet.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:
THE CHUNK OF THE SUN IS CIRCULATING IN A POLAR VORTEX
It means that scientists have discovered that a huge chunk of the Sun has broken off and was circulating in a polar vortex.
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Meanwhile, SpaceWeather.com reported that a medium-sized but powerful solar flare knocked out a short-wave radio over the Pacific Ocean on February 7.
SCIENTISTS SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A VORTEX LIKE THIS
Scott McIntosh, a solar physicist and deputy director at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, said he has never seen a vortex like this.
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