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- New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researchers locate the Sun's solar dynamo about 200,000 kilometers beneath the surface.
- The work shows the dynamo drives the Sun's 11-year magnetic cycle and sunspot activity, based on nearly 30 years of solar oscillation data.
- NASA-supported observations and multiple instruments underpinned the study, which highlights the tachocline as a key boundary layer influencing solar activity and space weather predictions.
