We Might Have The First Complete Observation of a ‘Nanoflare’ From Our Sun – ScienceAlert

When Shah Bahauddin was deciding what to research for his PhD, he had no intention of becoming embroiled in one of the most vexing problems in astrophysics: why is the Sun’s distant atmosphere so much hotter than it’s roiling surface? 
His modest topic of choice was a tiny and brief loop of solar light, barely detectable considering the grand scheme of the Sun.
But size isn’t everything. As it turns out, astronomers had been looking for a tiny eruption just like this one for more than half a century.
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