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New Views On The Sun's Magnetic Fountains Thursday, April 03, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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Astronomers have known for decades that the Sun has a very dynamic atmosphere. Huge fountains of hot gas erupt in the atmosphere, or corona, every few minutes, traveling at tens of thousands of km per hour and reaching great heights. Now a team of scientists have used the Hinode spacecraft to find the origin and driver of these fountains - immense magnetic structures that thread through the solar atmosphere. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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