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Solar feature

Spicule

A short-lived jet of plasma, a few hundred kilometres across, that shoots up from the chromosphere at tens of kilometres per second and falls back within minutes. Millions cover the Sun at any moment, giving the chromospheric limb a grassy appearance; they may contribute to the mass and energy budget of the corona.

Highlights

  • Grassy chromospheric jets, millions at a time

Across solar physics

Knowledge connections

Sources

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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