Two Decades Later, We Know Why the Sun Is a Lava Lamp

In 1999, scientists discovered something that took over 20 years to solve. Why do solar flares move like a lava lamp? Hosted By: Hank Green ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01570-2 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/312110/fulltext/ https://arxiv.org/pdf/1101.1540.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941201 IMAGES https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Polar_Lander_-_artist_depiction.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yohkoh.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia18169-solar-dynamics-observatory-artists-concept https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20310 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13778 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cooking-oil-in-glass-of-water-gm1199386590-343125985 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cooking-oil-in-glass-of-water-gm1199386590-343125985 https://esahubble.org/videos/hubblecast64b/ https://cfa.harvard.edu/news/9545/imagelist https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrington_Richard_sunspots_1859.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11493 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pylon-gm661805558-120724325 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haleakala_Observatory_2017.jpg