Space & PhysicsJune 25, 2013
Why Does the Sun’s Corona Get So Hot? NASA Launches Telescope to Find Out
As plasma is ejected from the sun’s surface, its temperature skyrockets--and so far physicists have not been able to explain why
Stories by Rebecca Boyle
Rebecca Boyle is a Scientific American contributor and an award-winning freelance journalist in Colorado. Her 2024 book, Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (Random House), explores Earth’s relation with its satellite.
Space & PhysicsJune 12, 2009
Moonstruck: Tagalong Probe to Blast Moon in Search for Water
The LCROSS spacecraft, launching next week, will impact the moon to see what flies up