Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.
Snapshots of small jets, or "picoflares," on the sun, from the Solar Orbiter mission operated by NASA and ESA.ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team; acknowledgement: Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta, Max Planck In… [+5050 chars]
