Tatyana Kaltman

A solar flare is like a tightly coiled spring suddenly uncoiling. In the Sun's corona, energy accumulates in the twisted magnetic field, and then it is abruptly released, accelerating particles and heating plasma.

A solar flare is like a giant spring that gets twisted and twisted, and then suddenly snaps. The energy stored in the magnetic field is unleashed into space within minutes, heating plasma to millions of degrees.