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Telescope finds 'solar tornadoes' which are heating the sun's surface to millions of degrees centigrade

dailymail.co.uk (11 months and 21 days ago)

Jun 28, 2012

University of Sheffield scientists hope that the magnetic tornadoes, which channel heat from the sun into a searing layer above its surface, could form the basis of clean reactors on Earth. full story

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Telescope finds 'solar tornadoes' which are heating the sun's surface to millions of degrees centigrade

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