Shedding light on particle acceleration in solar flares

Shedding light on particle acceleration in solar flares Newark NJ (SPX) Dec 04, 2015 - For scientists studying the impacts of space weather, one of the central mysteries of solar flares - the colossal release of magnetic energy in the Sun's atmosphere that erupts with the force of millions of hydrogen bombs - is the means by which these explosions produce radiation and accelerate particles to nearly the speed of light within seconds. The most powerful blasts dispatch energized par ... more

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