(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Plasma waves detected in the Sun’s photosphere

[August-2021]

Plasma waves detected in the Sun’s photosphere

• A study published in existence of magnetic plasma waves, known as Alfvén waves, in the Sun’s photosphere. 
• The investigation Nature Astronomy reports the gives new bits of knowledge into these intriguing waves that were first found by the Nobel Prize-winning researcher Hannes Alfvén in 1947.
• The huge capability of these waves lives in their capacity to move energy and data over huge distances because of their magnetic nature. 
• The immediate revelation of these waves in the solar photosphere, the lowest layer of the solar atmosphere, is the initial move towards exploiting the properties of these magnetic waves.

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Courtesy: Science Reporter