Millions of tiny solar whirlpools may explain the Sun's blistering corona, a new paper argues

Summary

A new paper by Katariina Nykyri of Embry-Riddle, recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, argues that millions of tiny whirlpools scattered across the Sun's surface could be the energetic engine behind the temperature gap between the Sun's surface and its corona. The reporting places the paper within a growing body of research on that gap, fed by data from various missions.

Timeline

1. Universe Today

   10 Nov 2026, 14:07 UTCSource ↗

   Universe Today reports that a new paper by Katariina Nykyri of Embry-Riddle, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, argues that millions of tiny whirlpools across the Sun's surface could drive the temperature difference between the surface and the corona.

2. Phys.org

   10 Nov 2026, 17:40 UTCSource ↗

   Phys.org reports that a new paper by Katariina Nykyri of Embry-Riddle, recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, argues that millions of tiny whirlpools across the sun's surface could be the energetic engine behind the temperature difference with the corona.