Astronomers Propose New Explanation for Finger-Like Features Seen in Some Solar Flares

Dr. Chengcai Shen from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and colleagues have analyzed photographs of the so-called supra-arcade downflows captured by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. In January 1999, photo voltaic astronomers noticed mysterious motions inside a photo voltaic flare. Unlike typical flares that confirmed brilliant vitality erupting outwards from […]