NASA scientists were completely baffled by a particular finding that set off alarm bells around the world.
The sun suffered a detachment from its surface and NASA turned on its alarms
Several NASA scientists were left baffled after material on the sun’s surface broke up and created a whirlpool around its north pole.
This remarkable phenomenon that generated a tremendous impact was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Furthermore, it was also shared by Dr. Tamitha Foresta space weather forecaster.
“Material from a northern prominence has just broken away from the main filament and is now circling in a huge polar vortex around our star’s north pole. The implications for understanding the atmospheric dynamics of the Sun above 55° here cannot be overstated,” the forecaster explained via his social media.
the sun physicist Scott McIntoshdeputy director of the Colorado National Center for Atmospheric Research, said researchers aren’t sure what causes such a unique event.
“It is very curious. There is a big why question around you. Why does it only move towards the pole once and then it disappears and then it returns, by magic, three or four years later in the exact same region”, he indicated.
The scientists’ theory of detachment
Several specialists believe that it is related to the Sun’s magnetic field. However, the rest remains a mystery due to humanity’s limited vision of its star.
In fact, NASA scientists can only see the sun from the “ecliptic plane,” or the geometric plane that contains Earth’s orbit.