Plasma Jets Pump Heat into the Sun's Sizzling Corona

Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 16:02 in Astronomy & Space

It is a question that has plagued solar physicists for decades: Why is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, the region farthest from the heat-producing core, hotter than both the lower atmosphere and the sun's surface? [More]

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