SwRI-led study finds comet tail may shed light on solar wind heating

SwRI-led study finds comet tail may shed light on solar wind heating
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 14, 2015 - We can't see the wind, but we can learn about it by observing things that are being blown about. And by studying changes in a comet's bright tail of gas and ions, scientists are on the trail to solving two big mysteries about the solar wind, the supersonic outflow of electrically charged gas from the Sun's million-degree upper atmosphere or corona. A team of scientists led by the heliophys ... more

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