<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/link-msu-researcher’s-breakthrough-model-sheds-light-on-solar-storms-and-space-weather.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>MSU researcher’s breakthrough model sheds light on solar storms and space weather</title><description>Our sun is essentially a searing hot sphere of gas. Its mix of primarily hydrogen and helium can reach temperatures between 10,000 and 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit on its surface and its atmosphere’s outermost layer.</description><pubDate>01/21/2025</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/Do_portrait.png" alt="Portrait of Thomas Do"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/msu-researchers-breakthrough-model-sheds-light-on-solar-storms-and-space-weather</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Discovery Science</categories><broadcast/></item>