Sunspots aren’t the only spots decorating the dynamic face of our Sun. Solar physicists have closely studied tiny, fleeting patches of brightness that emerge and fade in less than a minute on average, in regions where loops of plasma rise from the solar surface. They are called “sun points”. The analysis revealed that the short-lived […]

Sunspots aren’t the only spots decorating the dynamic face of our Sun. Solar physicists have closely studied tiny, fleeting patches of brightness that emerge and fade in less than a minute on average, in regions where loops of plasma rise from the solar surface. They are called “sun points”. The analysis revealed that the short-lived […]