NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed the strongest solar flare on Jan. 28 at about 2:40 p.m. EST since its launch in the summer of 2013, according to the space agency. According to scientists solar flares are "bursts of x-rays and light that stream out into space." However, scientists are unsure about the details of what actually leads to the phenomenon. NASA news … [Read more...]
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