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The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter than scientists used to believe.
(Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory)

The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter than scientists used to believe.
(Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory)