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definition | A bright eruption form the Sun's chromosphere in the vicinity of a sunspot. Solar flares are caused by tremendous explosions on the surface of the Sun. In a matter of just a few minutes they heat the material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons of TNT. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie_Admin original |