One of the interesting phenomena of the Sun has been unraveled

Scientists for the first time published images recording solar flare.

The sun is an active star, sometimes flaring brighter rays than usual, called the solar flare - a phenomenon that occurs near solar sunspots and is often associated with the release of ray energy. plasma.

Since known, there have been many questions about the formation of flames and how to predict them - one of the important factors to predict weather phenomena in space.

To learn more about the solar flare, researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used the Extended Owens Valley Solar Array radio telescope (EOVSA) to record flame activity since 2017.

A solar flare.(Photo: NJIT).

After 3 years, the first data on the flame were published including the exact time and location where the fire broke out on the sun's surface with an energy equivalent to one billion degrees Fahrenheit.

The report was published in Science magazine on January 17.

"We have identified the most important position for the release of magnetic energy in corona , " said Gregory Fleishman, professor of physics at NJIT Solar Research Center.

According to Digital Trends, the scientists also published the first image recording the micro morphology of the fire - a series of processes that occur on a small scale of space and time to allow energy conversion to take place.

Research shows that the solar flare has a fairly similar formation process to astronomical phenomena like the gamma explosion, similar to the process recorded in the laboratory that produces fusion energy.

Because the EOVSA device can record optical, ultraviolet, X-ray and radio wavelengths for a second, it will help scientists study more about flames - triggered by connecting lines. magnetism on the surface of the Sun and energy stored in the corona.

Images simulating the flame of the Sun.(Photo: NASA).

With data from the microwave spectrum, scientists can quantify the intensity of the magnetic field that develops after a fire breaks out, and track its conversion to other forms of energy.

Dale Gary, a physics professor at NJIT and co-author of the study, thinks that microwave radiation is the only mechanism sensitive to coronary magnetic fields, and observations from EOVSA are key to detecting rapid changes. Quickness of the magnetic field.

The data collected helps scientists understand why when the Sun's flare burst, heading towards Earth could damage spacecraft and threaten astronauts. In the future, the EOVSA device will continue to capture images for researchers to create a magnetic field map around the Sun.

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