Solar Orbiter Reveals How Solar Flares Really Begin

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.
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Magnetic avalanches on the sun reveal the hidden engine powering solar flares

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...
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Sun blasts strong M7.9 solar flare viewed from NASA spacecraft

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: ...
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Astronomers Find Solar Flares Are Triggered by Magnetic “Avalanches” That Turn Into Raining Plasma

During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...
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New Solar Orbiter data shows how small magnetic events build into solar flares

Solar Orbiter observations show that a medium-class solar flare formed through cascading magnetic reconnection events, ...

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ESA’s Solar Orbiter Reveals How Magnetic Avalanches Trigger Solar Flares

ESA’s Solar Orbiter has observed a solar flare ignited by an avalanche of magnetic reconnections, showing how tiny ...

To probe the cosmos, hundreds of radio dishes take root in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley

CHORD is also designed to be a prolific detector of transient signals that are fleeting but can be equally revealing. They ...

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