vortices
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Because the researchers find that these small whirlpools appear continuously wherever the magnetic field is sufficiently strong, the vortices could provide a persistent mechanism for twisting the Sun's magnetic field lines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The newly discovered vortices could supply part of the answer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The newly detected vortices appear along the boundaries of structures known as granules, which densely cover the Sun's visible surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The phenomenon happens when fluids - in this case hot gases - slide past each other and cause small disturbances to grow into spiralling vortices.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
