Solar Flares Are Hotter than We Ever Thought Possible

Solar flares are hotter than previously thought

Solar flares can be many times the size of Earth and can damage things like satellites. A new study suggests that eruptions from the sun can be even hotter than researchers thought.

Solar flares are hotter than we ever thought possible

For decades, physicists have known that flare plasma gets incredibly hot, but exactly how different particles heat up has been a mystery.