Magnetic eddies

Imaging of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, visible in blue in this image, another oval structure can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole. The oval structure, a region of fog concentration, may have been caused by mixing generated in higher vorticity in Jupiter's ionosphere. These dark oval structures also appear in the North Pole, although less frequently. Credit: Troy Tsubota and Michael Wong, University of California - Berkeley.

Magnetic eddies reveal the secrets of Jupiter's poles

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New discoveries reveal the fascinating dynamics of Jupiter's magnetic field and atmosphere, with the help of ultraviolet observations from the Hubble telescope
Eddy currents at the solar poles. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Magnetic eddies at the poles of the Sun

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The Parker Solar Probe ruled out the possibility that the S-shaped bands in the Sun's magnetic field are the source of the corona's heat. Credit: NASA and Levi Hutmacher, Michigan Engineering

The Parker Solar Probe shatters a theory related to the very hot corona of the Sun

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