"Lab-made solar flares shed light on sun's mysteries"
Researchers at Caltech have created a miniature solar flare that is small enough to fit inside a lunchbox. The team discharged electricity from a pair of electrodes inside a magnetized, gas-filled chamber, which created a string of plasma between the two electrodes and was contained within the chamber’s magnetic field before collapsing and firing a mini flare outward. The experiment mimicked the voltage spike of a red solar flare. This is not the first time scientists have attempted to recreate the sun, as in January 2023, scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles managed to create a miniature sun that mimicked several of the star’s attributes.