SDO Detects “Late Phase” Solar Flares
September 8, 2011
Data gathered by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory show that a second, delayed wave of extreme ultraviolet radiation emanates from a solar flare well after its peak. credit: NASA
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Environment, Technology Internet, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Ultraviolet, Solar cycle, Solar flare, Electromagnetic radiation, Physics, Radiation
