Aside from sunlight, the sun sends out a gusty stream of particles called the solar wind. The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission is the first to capture on camera this wind flying out from the sun in a twisting, whirling motion. The solar wind particles spiral outward as if caught in a cyclone that extends millions of kilometers from the sun.
source https://phys.org/news/2025-03-video-sun.html
Friday, 28 March 2025
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