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Solar Coronal Heating

Our Sun's visible surface, the photosphere, is about 5800 Kelvin, but the temperature of the wispy corona is far hotter, reaching a million Kelvin in some places. Why the corona is so hot remains something of a mystery. (Image credit: ISAS/JAXA; see also L. Sigalotti and F. Cruz)

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