SLOW SOLAR FLARE: Solar flares occur when magnetic fields get tangled. Lines of magnetic force above sunspots criss, cross, and explode in a flash of electromagnetic radiation. This process, called "magnetic reconnection", usually happens in a matter of minutes. Earlier today (June 7th), NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory witnessed an explosion that took two hours to unfold. This leisurely C1-class solar flare happened in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2661. Often, slow explosions like this one

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