Mysterious waves orbiting the sun baffles scientists

The high-frequency waves orbiting the sun have left scientists baffled, as unexpected bursts of energy move at speeds that defy explanation.
A New York University space science team analyzed 25 years of space and terrestrial observations of energy waves from our host star.
And they discovered a new set of waves moving in the opposite direction of the sun’s rotation, and incomprehensiblely traveling faster than was theoretically possible, according to what was reported by the “Russia Today” website.
These waves appear as a pattern of vortices, in a circular motion, on the surface of the Sun and move three times as fast as other types of waves on the star.
Known as HFR, high-frequency retrograde waves provide an unprecedented view of a star’s inner workings, and could one day lead to new kinds of physics, as follow-up studies try to explain how they can be so fast.
The interior of the Sun, like other stars of its kind, cannot be imaged by conventional astronomy, be it optical, X-ray or infrared techniques.
This means that scientists must rely on interpreting the surface signatures of a variety of light waves, in order to understand what is happening at depth.
These new high-frequency feedback waves, named because of their opposite direction, may be an important puzzle piece in our understanding of stars.
The team predicted that complex interactions between other known waves and magnetism, gravitational or convection could drive HFR waves at an unexpected speed.
“If HFR waves could be attributed to any of these three processes, then the result would have answered some of the open questions we still have about the Sun,” said Chris Hanson, co-author and study author from New York University. The new ones were the result of these processes, and that’s exciting because it leads to a whole new set of questions.”