Solar flares are complex phenomena. They involve plasma, electromagnetic radiation across all wavelengths, activity in the Sun’s atmosphere layers, and particles travelling at near light speed. Spacecraft like NASA’s Solar and Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO) and the Parker Solar Probe shed new light on the Sun’s solar flares. But it was a Japanese-led mission called Yohkoh … Continue reading "During a Solar Flare, Dark Voids Move Down Towards the Sun. Now We Know Why"