Watching the sun twist and turn

The sun’s atmosphere, or corona, is far hotter than its surface. A new camera reveals previously unseen magnetic activity that could explain why the corona is such hot stuff.

Full story: http://www.nature.com/news/solar-magnetism-twists-braids-of-superheated-gas-1.12273
Original paper: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v493/n7433/full/nature11772.html

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