A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a long-standing mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-lowdown-sun-super-hot-atmosphere.html