Solar Tadpole-Like Jets Seen With NASA’S IRIS Add New Clue to Age-Old Mystery

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Solar Tadpole-Like Jets Seen With NASA’S IRIS Add New Clue to Age-Old Mystery

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Keep an eye out for tadpoles!

Scientists have discovered tadpole-shaped jets coming out of regions with intense magnetic fields on the Sun. Unlike those living on Earth, these “tadpoles” — formally called pseudo-shocks — are made entirely of plasma, the electrically conducting material made of charged particles that account for an estimated 99 percent of the observable universe. The discovery adds a new clue to one of the longest-standing mysteries in astrophysics.


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Re: Solar Tadpole-Like Jets Seen With NASA’S IRIS Add New Clue to Age-Old Mystery

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Very interesting but difficult to work out the scale in the video, do you think the scale is achievable to see them through our scopes?

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