Scientists suspect that smaller “tornadoes” of solar plasma and magnetic field may be escaping our detection.
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A record-breakingly sharp image of a solar flare allowed astronomers to get a closer look into the...
The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
Images from the Parker Solar Probe’s record-setting pass by the Sun last year are finally available.
It sort of looks like a honeycomb of hot gas, or a hazelnut croquant.