Tiny ‘nanoflares’ might heat the Sun’s corona

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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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Why is the Sun’s million-degree corona, or outermost atmosphere, so much hotter than the Sun’s surface? This question has baffled astronomers for decades. Today, a […]

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Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:19:14 +0000

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