Well, not really, but it is interesting.
The mystery of why temperatures in the solar corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, soar to several million degrees Kelvin (K) --much hotter than temperatures nearer the sun's surface--has puzzled scientists for decades. New observations made with instruments aboard Japan's Hinode satellite reveal the culprit to be nanoflares.
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Cool stuff. I get this question from my 8th graders every year. But how do I explain nanoflares?