What's going on with Przybylski's Star?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Effect of Plasma Currents on the Magnetic Field of the Sun
Our Sun's magnetic field flips very regularly every 11 years. Stars that are hotter tend to not have as strong magnetic fields, says Dr Andrew Boulden. He thinks it might be because there is chaos going on inside a hot star. We could reverse engineer exactly how to keep a plasma from getting to turbulent,. but we don't understand it.
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