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Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Invisible Magnetic Fields in the Sun Are Like a Duet or a Dance

The sun's magnetic fields are huge. There are millions of kilometers more wider than the actual visible width of the sun. It has invisible fingers. And they power each other like these dynamos inside the sun or inside the earth that generate our magnetic field. This is very non-linear behavior that could easily generate runaway effects that can get very, very extreme.

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