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Loading contentA star's rotation and convection together drive a magnetic dynamo, giving rise to starspots, flares, and hot outer atmospheres, often waxing and waning in activity cycles. The Sun is the star whose magnetic activity we can watch in closest detail, but the same physics operates across the cool stars.
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