Solar Flares Set The Sun Quaking

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 04/18/2008 - 16:00

Data from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO shows clearly that powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares that explode above its surface.

The observations give solar physicists new insight into a long-running solar mystery and may even provide a way of studying other stars.


 

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