Loops

Solar coronal loops may not be loops at all

(ORDO NEWS) — We have all seen great images and videos of coronal loops. These are curved magnetic shapes that cause the brightly glowing plasma to move along its path. They rise above the Sun, sometimes thousands of kilometers, before reconnecting with the Sun. But a new study says some of the ones we see aren’t loops at all. Instead, they are an optical illusion. How well do we know…