On Feb. 2, a massive tentacle of plasma snapped apart in the sun's atmosphere before tumbling down, circling the star's north pole at thousands of miles a minute, and then disappearing — leaving ...

Part of the sun is broken and scientists are baffled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A never before seen solar vortex has been observed circling the sun's north pole. A huge filament of solar plasma has broken off ...

A curious phenomenon where a massive filament of solar plasma broke off the sun's surface and is circling its north pole like a vortex has scientists both puzzled and excited. The images of the ...

NASA scientists spotted a strange polar vortex near the Sun's northern pole. The vortex appears to be part of a huge filament of solar plasma that the space agency says broke away from the Sun's ...

The Sun apparently got a little goofy as scientists observed a small, strange chunk of it break off and doing a little jig. As Space.com reports, this rare “polar vortex” was captured by NASA’s Solar ...

You’ve heard of the polar vortex, but how about a solar polar vortex? Scientists and the public alike are in awe over a bizarre video that emerged of a vaporous-looking eddy of solar plasma swirling ...

A huge filament of solar plasma has broken off the sun's surface and is circling its north pole like a vortex of powerful winds, but scientists have no clue what caused it. "Talk about polar vortex!