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Alfvén Waves: The Hidden Force Superheating the Sun’s Corona


A new study delved into the mysterious heating of the solar corona, significantly hotter than the Sun's surface, through the lens of kinetic Alfvén waves (KAWs). Research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville investigated how these waves transport energy and contribute to solar coronal heati

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