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Lower regions of the Sun's atmosphere
The IRIS mission will give scientists the necessary observations for understanding how energy is delivered to the million-degree outer solar corona and how the base of the solar wind is driven.
Reservoir of stellar fuel
A recent discovery reveals that the reservoir of raw material for making stars had been underestimated and extends farther out from our galaxy’s center than previously known.
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