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Jan 29, 2022

In 1999 Mysterious Finger-Like Features Were Spotted on the Sun — Now Scientists Have an Explanation

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In January 1999, scientists observed mysterious motions within a solar flare.

Unlike typical flares that showed bright energy erupting outwards from the Sun, this solar flare also displayed a downward flow of motion, as if material was falling back towards the Sun. Described as “downward-moving dark voids,” astronomers wondered what exactly they were seeing.

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