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AaS! 238: What Makes the Sun's Corona So Dang Hot?


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How can the solar corona be hotter than the surface? What has the Parker Solar probe learned so far? What do magnetic fields have to do with all this? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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