{"id":280466,"date":"2026-02-04T15:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280466\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:41:52","slug":"an-extraordinary-stroke-of-luck-astronomers-witnessed-the-avalanche-that-triggers-solar-eruptions-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280466\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAn Extraordinary Stroke of Luck\u201d: Astronomers Witnessed the Avalanche That Triggers Solar Eruptions \u2014 and Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\u201cAn Extraordinary Stroke of Luck\u201d: Astronomers Witnessed the Avalanche That Triggers Solar Eruptions \u2014 and Much More &#8211; Futura-Sciences<\/p>\n<p>February 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p>            4 min    <\/p>\n<p>            <img width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eruption-solaire-septembre-2024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"solar eruption September 2024\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n                    Researchers were fortunate enough to observe the beginnings of a solar flare with Solar Orbiter (ESA). This ultraviolet image was recorded just one second before the flare occurred, following a veritable magnetic avalanche observed by astronomers. \u00a9 ESA &amp; NASA, Solar Orbiter, EUI Team<\/p>\n<p>\n            See also\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAn Extraordinary Stroke of Luck\u201d: Astronomers Witnessed the Avalanche That Triggers Solar Eruptions \u2014 and Much More &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,43045,17353,247,19671],"class_list":{"0":"post-280466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-solar-activity","12":"tag-solar-flares","13":"tag-space","14":"tag-space-missions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}