Scientists are confused as well as concerned and excited to research the Sun after witnessing a part of the Sun being released.
The broken and broken pieces are currently circling the north pole of the Sun in a whirlwind force. This strange behavior of the Sun was detected thanks to the sophistication of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists also call this strange behavior of the Sun unprecedented.
Space meteorologist Tamitha Skov posted a video of the phenomenon to Twitter, where she shared details of the appearance of the strange solar phenomenon in question.
"Material from the north has just separated from the main filament and is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our star. The implications for understanding the dynamics of the Sun's atmosphere above 55° here cannot be overstated," he said.
Talk about Polar Vortex! Material from a northern prominence just broke away from the main filament & is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our Star. Implications for understanding the Sun's atmospheric dynamics above 55° here cannot be overstated! pic.twitter.com/1SKhunaXvP
—Dr. Tamitha Skov (@TamithaSkov) February 2, 2023
Quoted from Spaceweather.com, strong and medium-sized solar flares even caused short-wave radio blackouts in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday (7/2).
Scott McIntosh, co-director and solar physicist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, explains that a strange thing happens at the 55-degree latitude of the Sun once every solar cycle.
But he also admitted that he had never seen a vortex of this scale. "Once every solar cycle, it forms at 55 degrees latitude and starts moving towards the poles of the sun. It's very strange," he said.
"There's a big 'why' around it. Why does it only move toward the pole once, then disappear and come back, miraculously, three or four years later in exactly the same region?" McIntosh continued.
Research into such phenomena is limited because there is no way to observe it from the Sun's polar regions at present.
"We can only observe the Sun from the plane of the ecliptic, which is the plane where the planets orbit," said McIntosh.
However, with the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission currently underway, at least scientists have greater access to a closer understanding of how the Sun's magnetic cycle can exist on the horizon.