Solar and Stellar Coronae

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Bright, hot and surprisingly frequent – these are just some of the properties of the small campfires that Solar Orbiter has made visible. more

For the first time, images of the Sun have been taken from a distance of only 77 million kilometres enabling a completely new view of our star possible. more

The Japanese solar mission is scheduled to launch into space in the mid-2020s. MPS has contributed decisively to the design of the mission. more

In his doctoral thesis, Sudip Mandal investigated how special pressure waves help maintain temperatures of several million degrees in the outermost solar atmosphere. more