Credit: Dr. Richard Morton, Northumbria University Newcastle
New research undertaken at Northumbria University, Newcastle shows that the Sun’s magnetic waves behave differently than currently believed. After examining data gathered over a 10-year period, the team from Northumbria’s Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering found that magnetic waves in the Sun’s corona – its outermost layer of atmosphere – react to sound waves escaping from the inside of the Sun.
These magnetic waves, known as Alfvénic waves, play a crucial role in transporting energy around the Sun and the solar system...
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