Igniting a solar flare in the corona with lower-atmosphere kindling
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 14:21
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists from NJIT's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research are providing some of the first detailed views of the mechanisms that may trigger solar flares, colossal releases of magnetic energy in the Sun's corona that dispatch energized particles capable of penetrating Earth's atmosphere within an hour and disrupting orbiting satellites and electronic communications on the ground.