Magnets Aren’t Miracles, But Solar Flares Burst With Magic
Dec 07, 2016•4 min
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Episode description
Magnets aren’t miracles, but neither are they a phenomenon that physicists completely understand. Particularly big magnets, like the sun. Until recently, the annals of research failed to completely explain how massive currents blooming on the sun’s surface burst into solar flares, releasing incredible volumes of energy in short time frames.
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