Solar Waves in Action

High-speed Alfven waves, captured using the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter instrument, or CoMP, may explain why the sunâ€™s corona is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Credit: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Credit: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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