• A solar illusion: Coronal loops may not be what they seem

    From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 07:08:23 2022
    A solar illusion: Coronal loops may not be what they seem:
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220302092742.htm
    <quote from that link's Summary>
    Many coronal loops -- ropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought existed in the sun's atmosphere --
    may actually be optical illusions,
    according to a new paper that challenges prevailing assumptions of what we know, and don't know, about the sun.
    <end quote>

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