Solar Orbiter closes in on the solution to a 65-year-old solar mystery

Metis observes the Sun’s corona

A cosmic alignment and a little bit of spacecraft gymnastics has provided a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve the 65-year-old cosmic mystery of why the Sun’s atmosphere is so hot.




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Source: ESA Space News