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Our Best Look Yet at a Solar Flare Reveals the Sun's Wilder Side

Our Best Look Yet at a Solar Flare Reveals the Sun's Wilder Side
science8/29/2025

A record-breakingly sharp image of a solar flare allowed astronomers to get a closer look into the Sun's mysterious coronal loops.

It took astronomers a little over a year to analyze the sharpest-ever images of a solar flare. But they’re finally done, and the results are illuminating—literally and figuratively. Last year, NSF’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured a high-re... [2259 chars]