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Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
The images show ultra-fine bright and dark stripes (called striations) in the thin, gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere ...
Magnetic curtains on the sun: Solar telescope reveals ultra-fine striations that shape surface dynamics
A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...
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A telescope's powerful new tool may offer a better way to predict solar storms
The National Solar Observatory (NSO), which operates the telescope, said that the image was taken during technical testing and that the VTF is not yet even fully operational. But the fact that the ...
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New photo of the Sun shows the solar surface “striae” for the first time
An incredibly sharp photo of the Sun has revealed, for the first time, the magnetic "striae" hidden on the solar surface. O ...
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Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever
Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.
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“Raindrops in the Sun’s corona”: New adaptive optics shows stunning details of our star’s atmosphere
Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology ...
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World’s largest solar telescope shows off its full force with new image
At around the size of a small garage, the 5.6 ton instrument occupies two floors at the National Solar Observatory. The VTF was developed and constructed at Germany’s Institute for Solar Physics ...
Software suggests Rubin Observatory will discover millions of solar system objects
A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...