Solar moss shakes at 16,000 km an hour

EMBARGOED until 00:01 BST, Monday 23 June 2014 Using a state-of-the-art ultraviolet camera, two astronomers from Northumbria University have obtained exceptionally sharp images of 'solar Moss', bright features on the Sun that may hold the key to a longstanding mystery. Dr James McLaughlin will present their findings at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2014) from 23-26 June in Portsmouth. A High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) image of solar moss, as seen in Extreme Ultra-Violet light (a wave...