The Sun is spinning round again - EurekAlert

All was amiss with the Sun! In the early 2000s, a new set of data brought down the chemical abundances at the surface of the Sun, contradicting the values predicted by the standard models used by astrophysicists. Often challenged, these new abundances made it…

image: The model developed by the scientists includes the history of the rotation of the sun but also the magnetic instabilities that it generates.view more  Credit: Sylvia Ekström / UNIGE All was … [+5400 chars]

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