'Rosetta Stone' Explosion Helps Explain Mystery of Solar Eruptions
The phenomenon resembled three different forms of solar eruptions, suggesting they might have the same origin.
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The phenomenon resembled three different forms of solar eruptions, suggesting they might have the same origin.
The rare event took place on June 10, early in the morning for the eastern US, and towards the middle of the day over Europe and Russia.
Coronavirus particles, called virions, are exceedingly small. All the virions in one infected person probably weigh less than a poppy seed.
Electrons can surf electromagnetic waves toward Earth, reaching speeds of up to 45 million miles per hour.
Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Scientists haven't ruled out the possibility that the coronavirus leaked from a lab. So US officials may have dismissed the lab leak theory to avoid association with this research. Is the best way to protect people from a dangerous virus to create one in a lab? That's the central question in the debate over gain-of-function research, a branch of virology that alters viruses in a controlled environment to make them more transmissible or infectious. Proponents of this type of research say the work enables them to predict deadly pathoge...