Sun breaks free

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Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists

Global News

Something very strange is going on with the Sun, and while it’s a phenomenon that’s baffling scientists, it also has them very excited.


Space weather forecaster Tamitha Skov shared a video sequence to Twitter late last week that shows a huge filament of solar plasma breaking free from the Sun’s surface.

“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,” she tweeted of the footage, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

“Implications for understanding the sun’s atmospheric dynamics above 55° here cannot be overstated!”

According to Space.com, it’s the first time such a vortex has been observed. While scientists have previously observed filaments break free from the Sun, it’s the first time they’ve seen it form a polar whirlwind.

It's a sign of the times, the end times!