Jakarta –
A giant ‘snake’ phenomenon that seems to be wrapped around the surface of the sun was caught by the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter. Not a literal ‘snake’, this phenomenon comes from intense energy processes in the atmosphere of the sun.
Quoted from CNBC Indonesia, intense energy processes can occur due to the shot of atmospheric gas cylinders by the Sun’s magnetic field. As a result, gas shaped like a snake wrapped around the center of the Solar System.
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter is an international collaborative space mission between ESA and NASA. The mission launched on February 10, 2020. Solar Orbiter captured three hours of images that helped estimate the ‘snake’ was moving at 170 kilometers per second.
However, quoted from the European Space Agency (ESA), this phenomenon is not new. The ‘snake’ was seen on September 5, 2022 when the Solar Orbiter approached the Sun. Then why the ‘snake’ can move? Here’s the explanation.
The Process of the ‘Snake’ Moving in the Sun
All of the gas in the Sun’s atmosphere is called plasma. The surface of the Sun has temperatures reaching more than one million degrees Celsius which causes electrons to be released from atoms.
Even so, in some parts of the Sun’s surface there are areas that are colder. Well, the ‘snake’ is formed in this part of the plasma.
David Long, a researcher who noticed this phenomenon, explained that cold plasma flows from one side to the other. This is what it looks like across the surface.
“You get the plasma flowing from side to side, but the magnetic field is completely random. So you get this change in direction because we’re looking down at a crooked structure,” explained study leader David Long of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UCL). , English.
The point of origin of the ‘snake’ and the exploding filament is known as a coronal mass ejection. This explosion was then detected by the Energetic Particle Detector (EDP) on the spacecraft.
David describes this event as the most intense eruption of solar energy particles ever recorded.
Impact on Earth
Because it is called the most intense eruption ever recorded, coronal mass ejections that hit Earth can cause geomagnetic storms. But this does not happen.
Even so, the eruption also swept NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. This is not a bad thing, because the impact can measure the eruption that occurs.
Not only that, gas samples that hit NASA’s Parker Solar Probe can be used for further research. This allows for a better understanding of solar activity and the formation of ‘space weather’ that may one day interfere with satellites and other technologies on Earth.
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2023-07-14 06:00:29
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