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Physicists at the University of Sheffield have discovered that transition region quakes power the lower base of the Sun’s corona. The quakes take the form of mega-tsunamis generated by plasma jets. “We may now get a step closer to resolve one of the greatest puzzles of astrophysics—why the atmosphere of stars, like the Sun, is so much hotter than its surface,” says Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen. (Credit: U. Sheffield)
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Physicists from the University of Sheffield are scheduled to reveal their recent discovery of transition region quakes on the Sun. The finding could shed light on solar mega-tsunamis. Continue…
