Solar flares

Illustration of the anatomy of the sun. Credit: ESA–S.Poletti

When the sun doesn't behave accordingly: the mysterious time gaps in solar flares challenge scientists

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Researchers have identified significant time gaps in emissions in solar flares that challenge the accuracy of current models of solar flares, and point to possible alternative energy transfer mechanisms
An amusing representation of the TOI-1136 system if each of the bodies in the system were a duck or a duckling. Credit: Rae Holcomb/University of California at Irvine

The evolution of planets is revealed in a distant solar system

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A newly discovered solar system with six confirmed extrasolar planets and a possible seventh increases astronomers' knowledge of star formation and evolution
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