Scientists Uncover Secrets Behind the Sun's Hot Atmosphere
TL;DR
New observations from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope suggest that Alfvén waves, magnetic waves traveling through the sun's corona, carry significant energy that may explain the long-standing mystery of why the sun's outer atmosphere is much hotter than its surface, potentially accounting for at least half of the heating required.
- Mystery of the sun's mind-bogglingly hot atmosphere may finally be solved Live Science
- There's something about our Sun that doesn't make sense. Scientists may just have cracked it BBC Sky at Night Magazine
- Scientists discover elusive solar waves that could power the sun's corona Phys.org
- Evidence for small-scale torsional Alfvén waves in the solar corona Nature
- New study explains why the Sun’s outer layer burns hotter than its surface CNBC TV18
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