Usually the closer we are to a heat source, the warmer we feel. However, this is the opposite of what seems to happen on the Sun – its outer layers are warmer than the heat source at its surface.
A group of scientists from around the world, among them solar physicist Shahin Jafarzadeh from Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS), have succeed to the ground-breaking discovery of why the Sun’s magnetic waves grow in strength as they emerge from its surface. This is a big leap in understanding the mystery of how the corona of the Sun maintains its multi-million-degree temperatures.