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RSS FeedsScientists uncover origins of the Sun`s swirling spicules
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

 
 

22 june 2017 22:57:58

 
Scientists uncover origins of the Sun`s swirling spicules
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)
 


At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild jets of solar material burst from the sun`s surface. They erupt as fast as 60 miles per second, and can reach lengths of 6,000 miles before collapsing. These are spicules, and despite their grass-like abundance, scientists didn`t understand how they form. Now, for the first time, a computer simulation-so detailed it took a full year to run-shows how spicules form, helping scientists understand how spicules can break free of the sun`s surface and surge upward so quickly.


 
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