A 2-Level System of Circulation inside the Sun (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A 2-Level System of Circulation inside the Sun

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Observations by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory show a two-level system of circulation inside the sun. Such circulation is connected to the flip of the sun's north and south magnetic poles that occurs approximately every 11 years.

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