Solar Flare Revealed as Magnetic Avalanche, Not a Single Burst
TL;DR
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured real-time footage showing a solar flare igniting through a rapid cascade of magnetic reconnection events inside a twisted flux rope, producing high-speed plasma rain and energy transfer that redefines flares as magnetic avalanches rather than a single eruption.
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