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New model decodes the Sun’s prominences—floating mountains of plasma larger than Earth
The study may help predict dangerous solar storms and protect satellites and power grids.
“In the Sun’s atmosphere, the magnetic field is the driving force. It also plays a decisive role in all processes that ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN
Scientists just uncovered what keeps massive solar prominences floating above the sun
Solar prominences, huge arcs of plasma hovering above the Sun, are getting fresh attention from scientists studying space ...
Prominences are cool plasma structures extending several thousand kilometers in the Sun’s hot corona. Some persist for weeks.
Solar prominences are massive chunks of plasma floating above the Sun’s surface, which can cause dangerous solar eruptions.
At more than one million degrees, the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona, is incredibly hot. However, not everywhere. Time and again, huge structures of significantly cooler solar plasma - about 10,000 ...
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