SOHO:SOHO sheds new light on solar flares
12 Oct 2010, 09:16 UTC
SOHO/EIT (ESA & NASA)
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After detailed analysis of data from the SOHO and GOES spacecraft, a team of European scientists has been able to shed new light on the role of solar flares in the total output of radiation from our nearest star. Their surprising conclusion is that X-rays account for only about 1 per cent of the total energy emitted by these explosive events.
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