the Sun’s extreme outer‑atmosphere temperatures to the interplay of electrons, ions, magnetic fields and kinetic Alfvén waves, which ferry electromagnetic energy before it is deposited into particles. Lead author Syed Ayaz, a graduate research assistant...

would involve large conductive structures that couple to the star’s magnetic field and stellar wind. By channeling Alfvén waves, such installations could gradually siphon angular momentum, slowing the star’s rotation. Another scenario described in the...