A Part Of Sun Breaks Off, Forms A Strange Vortex; Baffles Scientists@TheCosmosNews

#thecosmosnews The sun’s surface material breaking off and creating a tornado-like whirl around its northern pole has perplexed scientists. Something Strange Is Happening on the Sun, and We’ve Never Seen It Before Dr Tamitha Skov, a space weather forecaster, tweeted about the phenomenon that was captured by NASA using the James Webb Space Telescope. “Talk about Polar Vortex!” she wrote last week. “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!” Unusual activity typically occurs at the sun’s 55 degree latitudes once every 11-year solar cycle, according to experts, but this incident is stumping researchers. According to specialists, unusual activity usually occurs near the sun’s 55 degree latitudes during per 11-year solar cycle, but this episode has scientists ba
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