May 21, 2026 1:14 PM
New study offers clues to mystery behind extreme heat of Sun’s Corona
Scientists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Nainital, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have developed a new method to detect hidden turbulence in the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, potentially helping solve one of solar physics’ biggest mysteries - why the corona is far hotter than the Sun’s visible surface. The study, recently published in The Astrophysical Jou...