"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...
During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually fine detail. The spacecraft observed the M7.7-class flare—strong but still ...
The ESA's Solar Orbiter has discovered that solar flares act like avalanches, growing from weak disturbances into powerful ...
Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...
Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...
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 ...
Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed long ago. What saved it explains why life survived and why the planet remains ...