Sun like it hot

At the outermost edges of the sun's atmosphere the temperature rises to several million degrees Celsuis.

Few would be surprised to learn that the sun is very, very hot. At its surface, the temperature is several thousand degrees Celsius. But you might think that, like a fire, the temperature drops as you move away from the surface. In fact, way out in the sun’s corona (the outermost part of its atmosphere) … Read more