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In 1999, scientists discovered something that took over 20 years to solve. Why do solar flares move like a lava lamp?

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Sources:
nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01570-2
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/312110/fulltext
arxiv.org/pdf/1101.1540.pdf
eurekalert.org/news-releases/941201

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