In a collaborative effort by physicists and nearly 1,000 students, a study found that solar flares may not be responsible for superheating the sun's corona, casting doubt on a popular astrophysics theory. For a new study, a team of physicists recruited roughly 1,000 undergraduate students at the
The problem: There were just too many flares to examine on his own.Mason explained that you can infer details about the behavior of nanoflares by studying the physics of larger flares, which scientists have observed directly for decades.
Their calculations painted a clear picture: The sum of the sun’s nanoflares likely wouldn’t be powerful enough to heat up its corona to millions of degrees Fahrenheit.What is making the corona so hot isn’t clear. A competing theory suggests that waves in the sun’s magnetic field carry energy from inside the sun to its atmosphere.
“We still hear students talking about this course in the halls,” she said. “Our students were able to build a community and support each other at a time that was really tough.”
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