India, July 7 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
A new breakthrough from astronomers reveals a dazzling world of miniature plasma loops in the lower layers of the Sun's atmosphere. These are so small and short-lived, that they have stayed hidden until now. However, they hold clues to one of the Sun's deepest mysteries --how it stores and unleashes magnetic energy.
While the Sun may appear calm to our eyes, beyond the glowing surface of the Sun lies a much less dense yet highly dynamic atmosphere made of plasma and shaped by magnetic fields.
Among the most intriguing features of the Sun's outer layer are coronal loops, arc-like beautiful structures of hot plasma that glow at a temperature over a million degrees....