Date: 24/06/2017 17:21:45
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1082403
Subject: Physicists Have Figured Out Where The Sun's Plasma Jets Come From
Physicists Have Figured Out Where The Sun’s Plasma Jets Come From
After over a century of observations and several theories, scientists may have finally nailed the origin of the high-speed plasma blasting through the Sun’s atmosphere several times a day. Using a state-of-the-art computer simulation, researchers have developed a detailed model of these plasma jets, called spicules.
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Date: 24/06/2017 17:48:56
From: Michael V
ID: 1082409
Subject: re: Physicists Have Figured Out Where The Sun's Plasma Jets Come From
See also:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-06-23/spicules-knotty-magnetic-fields-key-to-understanding-suns-hair/8643022
Date: 24/06/2017 18:24:44
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1082418
Subject: re: Physicists Have Figured Out Where The Sun's Plasma Jets Come From
What’s “NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph and the Swedish Solar Telescope”?
> scientists have been aware of spicules for over a century
Only since Nov 2, 2008 for me.
Spicules: Jets on the Sun
Date: 24/06/2017 19:12:31
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1082432
Subject: re: Physicists Have Figured Out Where The Sun's Plasma Jets Come From