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Writer's pictureDavid I Birch Climate-Earth20

Jets Seen With NASA’S IRIS Add New Clue to Age-Old Mystery

Scientists have discovered tadpole-shaped jets coming out of regions with intense magnetic fields on the Sun. Unlike those living on Earth, these “tadpoles” — formally called pseudo-shocks — are made entirely of plasma, the electrically conducting material made of charged particles that account for an estimated 99 percent of the observable universe.

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/solar-tadpole-like-jets-seen-with-nasa-s-iris-add-new-clue-to-age-old-mystery

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