Plasma Torus (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Plasma Torus

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Artist's rendition of the space weather around M dwarf TIC 141146667.  The torus of ionized gas is sculpted by the star's magnetic field and rotation, with two pinched, dense clumps present on opposing sides of the star.

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llustration by Navid Marvi, courtesy Carnegie Science.

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