Solar and stellar magnetic activity

An analysis of 369 solar-like stars shows that solar brightness variations are extremely weak more

Elongated plasma structures in the lower solar atmosphere transport energy into the Sun‘s corona – and heat up this outermost layer of our star. more

Building up a Unified Theory of Stellar Dynamos more

MPS-scientist Maarit Käpylä receives a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Commission. more

Researchers have observed a twist in the rotational patterns of distant stars, which may explain the presence of starspots on their surface.

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