Curtain-like plasma structures explain solar jets' apparent spinning in simulations - Phys.org
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An international team of scientists from the University of Sheffield and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, led by a postdoctoral research fellow from the University of Newcastle, Australia, has discovered that solar jets called spicules, which are 6–8 Mm long, take the form of warped, denser plasma sheets like pleated drapery.
The findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal.
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