Why and how this happens is unknown. Magnetic plasma waves has long been suggested as one of the mechanisms heating the sun's corona. In their research, the team discovered plasma swirls on the ...

However, the reactor also allows the generation of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) over the entire length of the catalyst region (IPC). DBD produces cool atmospheric plasma and is a standard ...

The mystery of the sun’s super-hot atmosphere may lie in giant loops of plasma that are mostly invisible ... Its surface is a sizzling 6000°C, but the corona, despite being further from the ...

Tendrils of plasma near the surface of the sun emerge from realignments of magnetic fields and pump heat into the corona, the sun’s tenuous outer atmosphere, a study suggests. The new ...