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On Feb. 2, a massive tentacle of plasma snapped apart in the sun's atmosphere before tumbling down, circling the star's north pole at thousands of miles a minute, and then disappearing — leaving scientists baffled.
The entire spectacle, which lasted about 8 hours, went viral on Twitter when Tamitha Skov(opens in new tab), a science communicator and research scientist at The Aerospace Corporation in California, posted footage(opens in new tab) of the event captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
"Talk about Polar Vortex!" Skov tweeted. "Material from a northern prominence just broke away from the main filament and is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our Star."
www.livescience.com
The more they talk about what they know the more it becomes pretty obvious the less that they actually do.
The entire spectacle, which lasted about 8 hours, went viral on Twitter when Tamitha Skov(opens in new tab), a science communicator and research scientist at The Aerospace Corporation in California, posted footage(opens in new tab) of the event captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
"Talk about Polar Vortex!" Skov tweeted. "Material from a northern prominence just broke away from the main filament and is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our Star."
Enormous 'polar vortex' on the sun is unprecedented, scientists say
A long, looping filament of plasma snapped over the sun's north pole, creating a 'polar vortex' that scientists can't explain.
The more they talk about what they know the more it becomes pretty obvious the less that they actually do.
