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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Ring My Bell: Solar Flares Produce Oscillations


Solar flares cause recoil in the sun (like the recoil from shooting a gun,) that cause oscillations within the sun. Like a bell, the whole sun "rings" at various frequencies.
This finding could help us understand the physics of our sun and other stars.

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