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The Sun's magnetic 'engine' is located 200,000 kilometers below its surface, new study claims

Helioseismic data traces the solar dynamo to the tachocline about 200,000 km down.

Scientists Finally Locate the Sun’s Hidden Magnetic Engine Deep Beneath Its Surface

New observations are helping scientists peer beneath the Sun’s surface, revealing where its magnetic activity may truly begin ...

Physicists trace the sun's magnetic engine, 200,000 kilometers below its surface

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

Scientists have found the source of the Sun's magnetic engine at a depth of 200 thousand km.

Physicists at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have identified the likely location of the Sun's magnetic engine - it is ...