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Is the Solar Wind Coming From These Tiny Jets on the Sun?

Ever since the first direct observations of the solar wind in 1959, astronomers have worked to figure out what powers this plasma flow. Now, scientists using the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft think they have an answer: tiny little outbursts called "picoflares" They flash out from the corona at 100 kilometers per second.

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