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According to an article published in Nature Astronomy, a research lab at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) managed to create its own solar flare that is small enough to fit inside a lunchbox.

The acoustically generated force will help astronomers better understand the suns photosphere and the causes of space weather.

The tiny sun used sound waves to simulate the suns swirling mass of plasma

The tiny sun used sound waves to simulate the suns swirling mass of plasma

Scientists have a problem when it comes to modeling space events inside laboratories: Earth's gravity tends to get in the way, making it difficult to replicate environments away from our planet.

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UCLA researchers reproduced the gravity that exists on or near stars and other planets inside of a 3 cm glass sphere.

A study by UCLA physicists overcame the effects of Earth’s gravity, simulating conditions on other planets and stars.

A recently discovered acoustic effect allows a hot gas to simulate the gravity-induced convection within a star or giant planet.