{"id":38444,"date":"2011-08-21T15:45:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/scientists-see-sunspots-forming-60000-km-below-the-sun%e2%80%99s-surface-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2011-08-21T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T15:45:16","slug":"scientists-see-sunspots-forming-60000-km-below-the-sun%e2%80%99s-surface-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/scientists-see-sunspots-forming-60000-km-below-the-sun%e2%80%99s-surface-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Scientists see sunspots forming 60,000 km below the Sun\u2019s surface! | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I hear astronomy news that is cool, and sometimes I hear news that&rsquo;s very cool&hellip; and sometimes I hear news where my reaction is, \"That&rsquo;s freaking <em>insane!<\/em>\"<\/p><p>The latest news: scientists have used data tracking sound waves inside the Sun to see sunspots forming 60,000 kilometers (36,000 miles) deep in the Sun&rsquo;s interior, fully two days before the spots erupt onto the surface!<\/p><p>That&rsquo;s freaking <em>insane<\/em>.<\/p><p>OK, first, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kJJHt1btDOI&amp;hd=1\">the video<\/a>, then, the explanation.<\/p><p>[Make sure to set the resolution to 720p or 1080p to get the full effect.]<\/p><p>I love the last few seconds of that video; the rotation of the Sun sweeping the towering loops of magnetically-influenced plasma around to the limb is simply stunning. <\/p><p>So how does this all work? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hmi.stanford.edu\/Press\/18Aug2011\/\">Sound waves<\/a>.<\/p><p>Basically, inside the Sun, hot plasma (gas stripped of one or more electrons) rises and cooler plasma sinks. As it moves, it generates turbulence. This in turn creates acoustic waves &mdash; sounds &mdash; that travel through the Sun. As these waves move through the solar interior, regions with different densities make them speed up or slow down. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/soi.stanford.edu\/results\/td.html\">The physics of this is pretty well understood<\/a>, so by mapping how long it takes a ...<\/p><p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-7xR2StfxbfUzGvdPTmX6e6WJYM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6b1c4_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-7xR2StfxbfUzGvdPTmX6e6WJYM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6b1c4_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6b1c4_mEKewntXE1o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6b1c4_pLSSMCWb0yA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I hear astronomy news that is cool, and sometimes I hear news that&rsquo;s very cool&hellip; and sometimes I hear news where my reaction is, \"That&rsquo;s freaking insane!\"The latest news: scientists have used data tracking sound waves inside the Sun &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/scientists-see-sunspots-forming-60000-km-below-the-sun%e2%80%99s-surface-bad-astronomy.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}