A Solar Tornado 14 Earth Times High Throws Plasma Clouds Into Space
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watches as a tornado appears over the sun’s north pole. Image: NASA/SDO/composite by Steve Spaleta SPACE — NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory took this image of a major event identified as the ‘highest tornado’ in the solar system. Early plasma swirled across the sun’s north pole during the event. Twisting filaments of … Read more