Polar Whirlwind Observed Circulating on Sun’s North Pole
Filament of solar plasma, Image/NASA/SDO The sun recently lost a huge filament of solar plasma from its surface. The broken filament is circling its north pole like a vortex of powerful winds. Although a normal occurring event, scientists have yet to see it form such a polar whirlwind until now. Space.com recently elaborated on the solar…