# Sun's outer magnetic field mapped in 3D for the first time

Sun's outer magnetic field mapped in 3D for the first time

via [Phys.org (Space News section)](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-sun-outer-magnetic-field-3d.html)

Researchers have mapped the Sun's outer magnetic field in 3D for the first time. Better models of that field feed into space weather forecasts, including the geomagnetic storms that produce auroras.

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