What drives the solar wind complexity and variability seen in the heliosphere remains an unresolved mystery. Unique high-resolution observations and measurements taken at 0.5 au, coupled with magnetic modelling and spectroscopic techniques, show that the variability is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to multiple solar source regions.
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This is a summary of: Yardley, S. L. et al. Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heliosphere. Nat. Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02278-9 (2024).
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High-resolution observations and measurements show variability of multi-source solar wind. Nat Astron (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02288-7
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