Scientists have discovered that two parallel layers of gas deep beneath the Sun's surface are speeding up and slowing down in a co-ordinated way.

As our star rotates, one gas layer gradually spins faster while the other reduces speed. Solar scientists are at a loss to explain the phenomenon, which occurs in regular 12 to16-month cycles.

"It's not what we expected at all," says Stanford research physicist Jesper Schou. "It comes totally out of the blue."

Writing in the 31 March issue of the journal Science, Schou and colleagues say that the unusual but regular changes only occur above and below a section of the Sun known as the interface layer or tachocline.

Equation:
Sunspots = Solar Flares = Magnetic Shift = Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents = Extreme Weather

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