Testa and her colleagues have found that IRIS provides a new way to observe the telltale signs of nanoflares by looking at the footpoints of coronal loops. (sciencedaily.com)
Finding high - energy electrons that aren't associated with large flares suggests that the solar corona is, at least partly, heated by nanoflares. (sciencedaily.com)
Due to technological limitations, no one has yet directly seen nanoflares, but the high - resolution and high - speed images to be taken from the WB - 57F jets might reveal their effects on the corona. (sciencedaily.com)