Nearly 5,000 kilometers above the sun's surface lies a century-old question for solar physicists--how are temperatures in the star's upper atmosphere (corona) hundreds of times hotter than temperatures at the sun's visible surface?
Nearly 5,000 kilometers above the sun's surface lies a century-old question for solar physicists--how are temperatures in the star's upper atmosphere (corona) hundreds of times hotter than temperatures at the sun's visible surface?