A new NASA study has identified the origin of solar spicules. They are powerful jets of plasma that are emitted from the surface of the Sun. Each one emerges and collapses every 10 or 5 minutes and is launched into space at a speed of 100 kilometers per second.
Scientists have observed this phenomenon for more than a century . And its origin was a mystery until now. The key is in the magnetism of the Sun. The neutral, uncharged particles allow the magnetic knots to move more easily. Thus, they pass through the boiling plasma and break on the surface in the form of these spicules, as if it were a whiplash.
