How the Sun generates solar flares

Update: 2015-12-09

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Astronomers observe for the first time how the Sun acts as a powerful accelerator. Also: The LISA Pathfinder launches on its mission to test Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, and discovery of another possible dwarf planet out beyond Pluto.

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How the Sun generates solar flares

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How the Sun generates solar flares

How the Sun generates solar flares