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Scientists Spot Solar Raindrops 20 Kilometers Wide

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New “coronal adaptive optics” technology has revealed previously unknown phenomena in the Sun ’s corona, including twisted plasma streams that form and collapse within minutes and coronal rain droplets narrower than 20 kilometers .

The achievement represents a quantum leap in solar physics, bringing resolution improvements of nearly ten times better than previous corona observations.

A twisted plasmoid may represent direct evidence of magnetic reconnection processes occurring in current sheets following solar flares.

The researchers envision future developments including laser guide star systems that could extend adaptive optics correction deeper into the corona.

With coronal adaptive optics now operational, solar physicists are poised to unlock secrets that have remained hidden in atmospheric blur for decades .