How does the Sun’s interior function and produce the energy needed to allow life to exist on the Earth? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of ...
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An illustration of the sun's magnetic fields overlaid on an image of the sun captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2016. NASA / SDO / AIA / LMSAL The sun’s magnetic field could form much ...
For scientists focused on unlocking the secrets of the sun, it’s not a newfangled invention but a cyclical celestial event — and an appetite for world travel — that offers them an unmatched ...
“It’s very slow, but over billions of years, it’s a very strong effect.” That is the main surprise of the observations of the ...
The word “corona” means “crown” — during the eclipse, it becomes visible, and streaming plasma leaving the Sun appears in amazing patterns. This outer atmosphere shines with a strange whitish light, ...