DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
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Part of The Sun Has Broken Off And Formed a Vortex… What The Heck Is Going on?

10 February 2023
By Michelle Starr

"Our star is ramping up its activity, getting rowdier with sunspot and flare activity. It has flared every day this year so far, and it spat out several X-class and M-class flares in January 2023, the biggest and second-biggest eruptions the Sun is capable of."

Read more:
sciencealert.com/part-of-the-s

#solarflare #solarvortex #solarcycle25 #Solar #solarflares

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DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
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Enormous 'polar vortex' on the sun is unprecedented, scientists say

By Brandon Specktor, Feb 10, 2023

A long, looping filament of plasma snapped over the sun's north pole, creating a 'polar vortex' that scientists can't explain.

Read more: livescience.com/enormous-polar

#polarvortex #solarvortex #solarcycle25 #Solar

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Berkubernetus · @fuzzychef
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SOLAR VORTEX!!! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!

J/K, apparently this happens every 11 years. The only people who should be excited about it are solar scientists, since usually the Earth doesn't have a good angle on this phenomenon.

space.com/vortex-sun-poles

#sun #solarvortex #alarmism

Last updated 2 years ago