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Heating the Sun’s Corona

The temperature at the surface of the sun is 6000 kelvin, but the temperature of the sun’s corona is more than 3,000,000 kelvin. But it is still a mystery how the sun’s corona is heated to such a high temperature. … Continue reading

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Planetary Observation by Amateur Astronomers

In the 24 January 2008 issue of Nature, Sánchez-Lavega et al. published a paper titled “Depth of a strong jovian jet from a planetary-scale disturbance driven by storms.” The paper reports the results of investigations into the circulation jets in … Continue reading

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