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Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal


New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection events, unleashing vast energy and ‘raining’ plasma blobs across the Sun’s atmosphere.

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