Sunspot AR2740 |
How does a sunspot make radio waves?
It starts with a solar flare. Beams of electrons accelerated by flares slice through the sun's atmosphere, creating a ripple of plasma waves and radio static detectable on Earth 93 million miles away. Astronomers classify solar radio bursts into five types -->
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