Solar flares over 6 times hotter than previously thought

3 September 2025

Looking at data from other research areas, the team, led by Dr Alexander Russell, Senior Lecturer in Solar Theory from the School of Mathematics and Statistics, realised that solar flares are very likely to heat the ions more strongly than the electrons.

Read the full press release on the University of St Andrews news webpage.

Image showing solar flare beside the Earth to show its scale.