This photo shows a mysterious mechanism of the sun that has baffled scientists for centuries
This photo shows a mysterious mechanism of the sun that has baffled scientists for centuries
Jessica Orwig
May 27, 2015, 12:08 AM
From 93 million miles away, we earthlings are blissfully unaware of the sheer magnitude of powerful activity roiling on the the sun's surface. But thanks to NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft, which has been snapping pictures of the sun for the last five years, we can see this massive monster in action, like in the SDO image below:
What you're seeing is a representation of one small part of the sun's colossal magnetic field.
The sun's magnetic field is constantly changing unlike Earth's, which means it's growing and shrinking in strength.
Sometimes it can swell to be thousands of times stronger than Earth's. When that happens, it generates black blemishes called sunspots, as shown in the image below:
Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/nasa-sdo-image-of-the-suns-surface-2015-5#ixzz3bJlkfIcN
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