The Sun could have its magnetic axis and its rotation axis misaligned

10/09/2015 
The magnetic and dynamical (heliographic) axes of the Sun may not be aligned, according to research by scientists of the IAC. This result should give rise to substantial changes in the models for the generation and evolution of the solar magnetic field, which until now have used the assumption that these axes are aligned. The article, signed among other authors by the Severo Ochoa advanced postdoctoral fellow María Jesús Martínez González, and the Solar Physics research line representative Manuel Collados, was published in the most recent on-line edition of the specialized journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. >>Read more