Twisted Sunspots Cause Solar Flares

February 2011 saw the largest solar flare in almost five years, and researchers have identified the source - five sunspots rotating and colliding, leading to a huge release of...

22 April 2011

Interview with

Dr Daniel Brown, University of Central Lancashire

Part of the show The National Astronomy Meeting 2011

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Taken by Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope on Jan. 12, 2007, this image of the sun reveals the filamentary nature of the plasma connecting regions of different magnetic polarity. Hinode captures these very dynamic pictures of the chromosphere. The...

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Hinode JAXA/NASA

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Rotating sunspots spin up a super solar flare

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