Sentences with phrase «tangled magnetic field lines»
The lone active region visible on the sun put on a fine display with its tangled magnetic field lines swaying and twisting above it (Apr.24 - 26, 2018) when viewed in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light.
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Similar to how water in a bathtub forms a whirlpool as it goes down a drain, the gas and magnetic fields that feed a supermassive black hole swirl to form a rotating disk — a tangled spaghetti of magnetic field lines mixed into a broth of hot gas.
CMEs occur when magnetic field lines at the visible surface of the Sun become tangled and break, releasing large quantities of electrically charged particles into space.