A new solar phenomenon has been discovered by two research teams led by Nariaki Nitta from the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in the USA and Radoslav Bucík from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany. They have discovered that large-scale waves in the Sun's atmosphere are accompanied by energetic particle emissions rich in helium-3 (a light form of the inert gas helium). Moreover, these waves may play a significant part in accelerating these helium-3 particles into space.

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Video credit: NASA / STEREO-A SECCHI EUVI 195 - January 26, 2010

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