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Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Sun's Magnetic Field Flips

The sun has very, very powerful magnetic fields that are driving what's happening inside of it. And these magnetic fields contain a lot of energy. So if essentially, you're getting little pumps or these magnetic fields are breaking, then those are various theories we have about how these particles might get accelerated really fast. It also might explain how the corona is getting heated so much.

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