ScienceIndian solar mission offers clues to enduring mysteries of the Sun
Scientists in India say findings from Aditya-L1, the country’s first space-based solar observation mission, offer clues to why the Sun’s corona is far hotter than its surface and stays hot despite eruptions. Their study estimates that surface-generated waves provide 7% of the corona’s energy, while magnetic-field reconfiguration supplies the remaining 93%.
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Indian solar mission offers clues to enduring mysteries of the Sun
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