Tag: magnetic avalanches
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Magnetic Avalanches Power Solar Flares on the Sun
Introduction: Unraveling the Sun’s Explosive Mechanism A recent breakthrough in solar physics reveals that big solar flares may be driven by cascades of small magnetic disturbances, forming what researchers are calling magnetic avalanches. This finding helps explain how energy stored in the Sun’s magnetic field is suddenly released, producing torrents of ultraviolet and X-ray radiation…
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Magnetic Avalanches Power Solar Flares: Unveiling the Sun’s Hidden Engine
Introduction: A new look at how solar flares erupt For decades, scientists have sought to understand what triggers the Sun’s most dramatic outbursts: solar flares that release torrents of ultraviolet light and X-rays into space. A recent breakthrough suggests that these flares are not caused by a single event, but by an avalanche of smaller…
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Magnetic Avalanches on the Sun Reveal the Hidden Engine Powering Solar Flares
Unveiling the Sun’s Hidden Engine Astronomers have long wondered what fuels the Sun’s most dramatic eruptions. A new study suggests that giant solar flares arise not from a single violent event but from a cascade of tiny magnetic disturbances, or what researchers are calling magnetic avalanches. This chain reaction releases energy in a torrent of…