'Braids' may heat sun's corona, study says

Here's another space post from someone who knows nothing more about space than that it's cold and there's no oxygen.

So it's seems that scientists have found a way to try and guess as to why the sun's corona is so freaking hot.

"In a study published in the journal Nature, Cirtain and colleagues describe magnetic "braids" in the sun's corona, which could help explain its unusual heat. In other words, twisting and intersecting magnetic field lines move gas around in the corona, generating energy that raises the temperature."

Another score for science!

[link to lightyears.blogs.cnn.com]