General · 14 August 2026
Indian solar mission's new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
Scientists have long been puzzled by the fact that the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, reaches temperatures millions of degrees higher than its surface. New findings from India's Aditya-L1 solar mission suggest that tangled magnetic field lines, which snap and reconnect, supply most of the energy. This process helps the corona maintain its high temperature even after releasing huge amounts of energy during solar eruptions.
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