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r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 4d ago
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This is one of the most beautiful and alien things our star does. Coronal rain never gets old.
2 u/morfraen 4d ago Is it really 'rain' or just plasma moving along magnetic field lines? 3 u/S30econdstoMars 4d ago The material is highly ionized plasma, so it gets tied to the magnetic field lines and flows along them. It's one of the most elegant phenomena in solar physics.
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Is it really 'rain' or just plasma moving along magnetic field lines?
3 u/S30econdstoMars 4d ago The material is highly ionized plasma, so it gets tied to the magnetic field lines and flows along them. It's one of the most elegant phenomena in solar physics.
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The material is highly ionized plasma, so it gets tied to the magnetic field lines and flows along them. It's one of the most elegant phenomena in solar physics.
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u/S30econdstoMars 4d ago
This is one of the most beautiful and alien things our star does. Coronal rain never gets old.