Researchers just broke the standard model for solar flares - Interesting Engineering

A new study has revealed more of the nature of solar flares than ever before. And this means we're one step closer to a complete grasp of our sun.

The Sun isn't a ball of fire. It's a gigantic, electrically charged nuclear reactor surrounded by a capricious halo of plasma that occasionally belches a jet of radiation out into space. In 1859, a l… [+8653 chars]

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