These plasma filaments stretch for thousands of kilometers ... debated how spicules form — with the sun’s turbulent magnetic field being a prime suspect — and whether they can help explain ...

These filaments are not only visually striking but are also linked to a Weibel-like current instabilitythat generates self-amplifying magnetic fields, further destabilizing the plasma. The ...

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

These filaments dangle around the supermassive ... creating swirling eddies of plasma. Then,weak magnetic fields wrap around these eddies, which stretches the magnetic fields out and amplifies ...

This canyon of bright plasma traced the magnetic field line that had anchored the filament in place. The canyon effect occurs because a filament is an arc of cooler, darker plasma that is anchored ...

These filaments generate magnetic fields that further destabilize the plasma, a process that can disrupt applications like triggering fusion. “The reason we are particularly interested in ...

CMEs are giant clouds of solar plasma and a magnetic field that are spat out from magnetically active areas of the sun's surface, including sunspots and magnetic filaments. Solar filaments are ...

Laser experiments mimic cosmic explosions and planetary cores Date: October 28, 2014 Source: American Physical Society Summary: Researchers are finding ways to understand some of the mysteries of ...

A long, looping filament of plasma snapped over ... space for hundreds of thousands of miles as solar plasma spirals along tangled magnetic field lines. What is strange, however, is for a ...

A huge plume of solar plasma was spat out ... a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on May 21st. It left the sun yesterday, propelled by an erupting filament of magnetism in the sun's southern ...