Gizmodo: The Hi-C Suborbital Spacecraft Snaps the Sun's Hottest Spots

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The Hi-C Suborbital Spacecraft Snaps the Sun's Hottest Spots Jan 28th 2013, 18:00 The Sun's corona—essentially its plasma "atmosphere"—is actually hotter than the surface of the star itself. Scientists have long suspected that the region's million-degree temperatures influence its massive magnetic fields, and have hypothesized that solar flares originate there. But researchers had never been able to observe these phenomena first-hand—until now. More »

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