Human civilisation is nowadays maintained by technology and that technology is vulnerable to space weather.
- Dr Jaroslav Dudik
New footage put together by an international team led by University of Cambridge researchers shows how entangled magnetic field lines looping from the Sun’s surface slip around each other and lead to an eruption 35 times the size of the Earth and an explosive release of magnetic energy into space.
The discoveries of a gigantic energy build-up bring us a step closer to predicting when and where large flares will occur, which is crucial in protecting the Earth from potentially devastating space weather. The study is published in The Astrophysical Journal.
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Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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