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The HinduA historic first: Aditya-L1 captures intense solar flare in unprecedented detail SOLAR flares occur when the powerful magnetic fields in and around the sun reconnect. Flares release huge bursts of radiation and energetic particles by a sudden release of the magnetic energy stored in the complex solar magnetic field. On February 22, 2024, the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on board Aditya-L1—India’s first dedicated solar space mission, which was launched on September 2, 2023—captured in unprecedented detail the “kernel” of a solar flare in the lower solar atmosphere, namely the photosphere and the chromospheres. “These observations provide new insights into these huge eruptions in the solar atmosphere and highlight the complex physical processes involved in the transfer of mass and energy through different layers of the solar atmosphere,” the release said.
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