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November 8, 2013

Other researchers likely will now work to replicate these results elsewhere in the corona.

By analyzing satellite data, the researchers could study the coronal heating problem specifically around a polar coronal hole.

Credit: Michael Hahn and Daniel Wolf Savin, Columbia University

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