Solar Corona Heat Mystery Advances

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Solar Coronal Holes

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Researchers uncover role of plasma waves in mysterious heating of sun's corona

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The sun's surface temperature measures around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit , but its outer atmosphere, known as the solar corona, measures more like 2 million degrees Fahrenheit .

This increase in temperature away from the sun is perplexing and has been an unsolved mystery since 1939.

Researchers say reflected plasma waves could drive the heating of coronal holes.

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