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Study Finds Solar Flares Superheat Ions 6.5 Times More Than Electrons

Researchers tie the effect to magnetic reconnection, proposing it could explain decades of unusually broad flare spectral lines.

NASA’s CODEX Maps Gusting Plasma Flows in Sun’s Outer Atmosphere

Inouye Solar Telescope Maps 20-Kilometer-Wide Magnetic Striations on Sun’s Surface

Cona Adaptive Optics Reveals Hidden Dynamics in Sun’s Corona