Solar Orbiter Discovers Surprising new Phenomenon in the Sun

Solar Orbiter confirms Switchbacks in the Sun!
00:00 Introduction
00:30 The Sun's magnetic field and the solar wind
02:50 Discovery of Switchbacks
04:34 What causes Switchbacks?
07:18 Solar Orbiter makes first Switchback detection
09:11 Was this really a Switchback?
10:02 Can this discovery explain the slow solar wind?
11:29 Thank you Patrons!

🚀 Help me improve the channel by joining the community on Patreon

🚀 Check out Launch Pad merchandise!

Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.

🧭 References:

✅ Let's connect:
For business inquiries - chris AT christianready DOT com
Twitter - @launchpadastro
Instagram - @launchpadastro

📭 c/o Christian Ready
P.O. Box 66
Westminster, MD 21158
United States
Earth

[dandurkin]

The less data, the more explanations - ha! So true! Thank you for this video! Great timing! After decades as an amateur astronomer, I recently (and finally!) got a solar telescope. The sun is fascinating to watch - so dynamic! Best wishes!

[AsianCommentator]

The more I watch your channel the more I want to become an astronomer!

Honestly, thank you!

[olaff]

The way you said, "And collaborators, " made me rewind to hear it again and then actually laugh out loud.

[judgej]

Still blows my mind understanding the scale of these switchbacks, coronas, and flares.
Also, imagine the headlines... 'Solar orbiter finds ice at suns pole' !!! 🤣🤣
Once again, thank you for the information, amd your efforts Christian. 🤜🤛

[Czeckie]

thanks for the video. I am no astronomer, but I feel that solar physics is not getting enough press/hype

[dancingwiththedogsdj]

Young man, I am needing me some more of that good ol' Christian Ready content ASAP! I'm trying to be patient, but I don't have that much self-control at my age. 😁 Hope you are doing great and can't wait to see what comes up next... I reckon it'll be awesome. You just make sure you have a wonderful day and then hurry up with a new video!!! 😁🍻🌌 Ok, nap time. 🌛😴

[johnnydoe]

Appreciate the Contribution of this Study to the
better Understanding of Space Weather. 😊

[phanikumar]

I daily look if a video is uploaded from your channel..explanation is so crisp ..thank you for your efforts

[ffs]

Great vid, thank you! Sincerely glad you choose to not dumb down your videos too much. Sad how much is dumbed down these days.

[prdoyle]

Great vid! The images of the sun's poles are something to look forward to!

[konradcomrade]

The Ulysses probe found that above the sun's polar regions, there is more fast (and faster) solar wind than over its equator. That was surprising at the time. Which can be explained by the sun's rotation. It makes its photosphere to sink deeper (and get hotter) at the poles, while the photosphere at the equator, due to centrifugal forces is bulging outwards, more. This effect of "hot" poles should be even more prominent at fast rotating stars.

[TroyRubert]

I do find it pretty crazy that in 2023 we still haven’t seen the poles.

[markdavid]

Cool stuff..I'm sure that Sol is full of surprises.

[JenniferA]

Your channel is literally one of the best space channels on YouTube… perfect… thanks, and best wishes +1 SUB 👍👍👍🥩🍺

[spencerthompson]

Solar wind switchbacks, the sun just got more beautiful.

[vg]

Πολλά από αυτά ήταν ελληνικά για μένα (Much of that was Greek to me), 🤣 but I love getting these reports from you. I'm no Astronomer, but I love space study science and the images we get from it. I love the Hubble Space Telescope images and look forward the new images to come from the various projects. I know the ones from Webb are manipulated, and Hubble's may be, too, but that's because we wouldn't be able to appreciate them as much if they weren't. That's what makes them so beautiful. The Eagle's Nest is a longtime favorite. Thank you, Mr. Christian.

[bravo_]

Would you consider doing live Q&A episodes sometime in the future?

[KentheDeer]

Very interesting! Thanks for the informative video, Mr. Ready.

[Gpcas]

Comment crew "Engage" ;-)
Awesome as ever.

[Lucas]

In my electromagnetism class we were taught that magnetic field lines are always closed, how can there be open lines coming from the Sun? Is that due to interaction with other magnetic fields?