Spacecraft captures the "magnetic avalanche" that triggers giant solar explosions

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Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and stronger explosions that accelerated particles to extreme speeds. The process produced streams of glowing plasma blobs that rained through the Sun’s atmosphere long after the flare itself.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 034114.htm
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