Aditya-L1 data provides important evidence to unlock the mystery of energy budget in sun’s atmosphere
Scientists using data from India's Aditya-L1 solar mission have identified magnetic field interactions as the primary driver for the sun's atmospheric energy budget. This finding helps explain why the solar corona is significantly hotter than the sun's surface.
Why it matters
Understanding solar energy dynamics is critical for predicting space weather and protecting Earth's technological infrastructure from solar eruptions.
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), using data obtained from the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) payload onboard Aditya-L1, found unambiguous observational evidence that interactions between the magnetic field lines are primarily responsible for maintaining the energy budget in the sun’s atmosphere.
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