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The Mystery of Rain on The Sun Can Finally Be Explained

Summary by Science Alert
It rains on the Sun, the gigantic thermonuclear orb that burns with the multi-million-degree 'fires' of fusion.

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It's raining on the Sun. This rain is made up of superheated plasma, and scientists may have discovered its secret.

We often see rain on Earth, so it's not surprising. Interestingly, however, rain also falls on the sun. However, this rain isn't water, but plasma—an electrically charged gas reaching temperatures of millions of degrees. Scientists at the University of Hawai'i have solved the mystery of why it rains on the sun.

The idea seems paradoxical: how can it rain on the Sun, this incandescent star animated by plasma brought to millions of degrees? Yet, a form of rain exists well in the high solar atmosphere and has been intriguing the specialists for a long time. Researchers at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii claim to have identified a key element of the solar rain ... Read more The article Solar rain: the mystery finally elucidated appe…

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Science Alert broke the news in Australia on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
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