We present a comprehensive analysis of a convection cell pattern in two SAR images of a site in the Greenland Sea from the satellites ERS-2 and RADARSAT. It is not obvious whether the observed radar ...

The star, R Doradus, is a red giant roughly 350 times the Sun’s diameter. Its convection cells are dozens of times the size of the Sun itself, and they rise and fall over a period of a few weeks.

It is about 1,000 times the size of our sun, according to NASA. Eventually, as is the case with all red supergiant stars in our universe, Betelgeuse will cease fusion and explode.

To put the sheer size of π1 Gruis's convection cells in context, our Sun has roughly two million cells, each of which is a (relatively) measly 1,500 km (932 miles) across.

The star, R Doradus, is a red giant roughly 350 times the Sun’s diameter. Its convection cells are dozens of times the size of the Sun itself, and they rise and fall over a period of a few weeks.

A separate estimate ofthe basin depth predicated on the known ratios of the width to depthof individual convection cells suggest that the nitrogen pool boastsa minimum depth of 10 km (6 miles ...

The Sputnik Planum basin of Pluto contains a sheet of nitrogen ice, the surface of which is divided into irregular polygons tens of kilometres across. Two studies reveal that vigorous convection ...

Pluto's polygons may have been formed by convection Date: June 1, 2016 Source: Purdue University Summary: On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of ...

These giant cells were expected to be about 120,000 miles (200,000 km) deep and wide, spanning the entire convection zone of the sun, the outermost third of the star's interior.

More information: Giant Convection Cells Found on the Sun, Science 6 December 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6163 pp. 1217-1219 DOI: 10.1126/science.1244682 ...

Convection cells (and gravity waves) in your morning coffee, and other extraordinary adventures in everyday science. Feb. 15, 2014, 8:39 AM PST / Updated Feb. 16, 2014, 6:21 AM PST ...