There is a decent chance that we experience more powerful and frequent X-class flares in 2025. (Image credit: NASA/ Goddard/ SDO) "I think the record will continue to grow [over the next few years ...
In present-day tokamaks, edge instabilities, magnetohydrodynamic waves known as ELMs (edge localized modes), lead to significant particle and energy losses, like solar flares on the edge of the sun.