Right now, the sun is covered in millions of Grand-Canyon-size jets of towering plasma. In a few minutes, they'll all be gone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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Picture is copyright Emily S. Damstra and used by permission. Müller and colleagues carefully studied the formation of these giganto-spicules and found formation was helped along the way by silicatein ...

Tendrils of plasma near the surface of the sun emerge from realignments of magnetic fields and pump heat into the corona, the sun’s tenuous outer atmosphere, a study suggests. The new observation, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When it comes to the mystery behind what causes jets of solar plasma that regularly erupt from ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers developed a detailed computer simulation that shows how spicules form and can break out from the Sun’s surface and rapidly surge upwards NASA The Sun's surface is constantly active with ...