IIA astronomers found a new way to find out more of the sun’s secrets.
Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have found new ways to go deeper into the sun’s secrets by studying the magnetic field of the solar atmosphere.
The astronomers used data from IIA’s Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope.
The solar atmosphere is composed of various layers interconnected through magnetic fields.
The magnetic field acts as a conduit to transfer energy and mass from the inner layers to the outer layers. It is known as the coronal heating problem.
Measurements of magnetic fields at different heights of the solar atmosphere are important to understand the physical mechanism of the solar atmosphere.
