Tag: Solar prominence

Something weird is happening with the Sun, and while it baffles scientists, it also makes them quite excited. Earlier this week, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made an extraordinary observation that has scientists concerned. Dr. Tamitha Skov, a space weather physicist who frequently publishes updates on social media, tweeted that material from a northern prominence had broken away from the main filament and was whirling in a large polar vortex around the Sun's north pole. Piece Of Sun Breaks Off It essentially means that scientists discovered a massive portion of the sun had...