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NASA Scientists Discover New Solar Flare Mechanism
I always knew that 'magnetic reconnection' theories concerning solar
flares were just one part of the puzzle. I used to call it the sun's 'magnetic paradigm of power' prior to the discovery of the inner magnetic field of the sun, which is responsible by the way for the difference in temperatures. Clearly scientists have discovered a new form of how electromagnetic light can be 'squeezed' by gravity and other forces not yet entirely understood. I also find it quite interesting how they describe for what may be the first time publicly, 'invisible colors' that were previously unknown to exist in the universe, as least unknown by conventional science that is. --- Antimatter Factory On Sun Yields Clues September 2003 Goddard Space Flight Center -- The best look yet at how a solar explosion becomes an antimatter factory gave unexpected insights into how the tremendous explosions work. The observation may upset theories about how the explosions, called solar flares, create and destroy antimatter. It also gave surprising details about how they blast subatomic particles to almost the speed of light. Solar flares are among the most powerful explosions in the solar system; the largest can release as much energy as a billion one-megaton nuclear bombs. A team of researchers used NASA's Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft to take pictures of a solar flare on July 23, 2002, using the flare's high-energy X-rays and gamma radiation. "We are taking pictures of flares in an entirely new color, one invisible to the human eye, so we expect surprises, and RHESSI gave us a couple already," said Dr. Robert Lin, a faculty member in the Dept. of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, who is the Principal Investigator for RHESSI. Mo http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/.../story001.html |
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t.cable.rogers.com... I always knew that 'magnetic reconnection' theories concerning solar flares were just one part of the puzzle. I used to call it the sun's 'magnetic paradigm of power' prior to the discovery of the inner magnetic field of the sun, which is responsible by the way for the difference in temperatures. Clearly scientists have discovered a new form of how electromagnetic light can be 'squeezed' by gravity and other forces not yet entirely understood. I also find it quite interesting how they describe for what may be the first time publicly, 'invisible colors' that were previously unknown to exist in the universe, as least unknown by conventional science that is. BAH HA Ha ha ... HA Ha ha ... ha ... oh god ... Yup, "X-rays and gamma radiation" ... never head of them before. --- Antimatter Factory On Sun Yields Clues September 2003 Goddard Space Flight Center -- The best look yet at how a solar explosion becomes an antimatter factory gave unexpected insights into how the tremendous explosions work. The observation may upset theories about how the explosions, called solar flares, create and destroy antimatter. It also gave surprising details about how they blast subatomic particles to almost the speed of light. Solar flares are among the most powerful explosions in the solar system; the largest can release as much energy as a billion one-megaton nuclear bombs. A team of researchers used NASA's Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft to take pictures of a solar flare on July 23, 2002, using the flare's high-energy X-rays and gamma radiation. "We are taking pictures of flares in an entirely new color, one invisible to the human eye, so we expect surprises, and RHESSI gave us a couple already," said Dr. Robert Lin, a faculty member in the Dept. of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, who is the Principal Investigator for RHESSI. Mo http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/.../story001.html |
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