Image: Supercomputer simulation of magnetic field loops on the Sun
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
Magnetic fields emerging from below the surface of the sun influence the solar wind—a stream of particles that blows continuously from the sun's atmosphere through the solar system. Researchers at NASA and its university partners are using high-fidelity computer simulations to learn how these magnetic fields emerge, heat the sun's outer atmosphere and produce sunspots and flares.