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Why is the Sun so hot?
The Sun's surface is incredibly hot, but its outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter. This has puzzled scientists for ages. India's Aditya-L1 mission suggests that constantly snapping and reconnecting magnetic field lines are the main energy source, keeping the corona superheated even after big solar eruptions.
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