New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet - apnews.com
Scientists using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have captured the highest-resolution images of the sun's surface to date. The images reveal complex, feathery patterns caused by magnetized plasma instability.
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These observations provide new insights into solar physics and fluid dynamics, helping researchers better understand the behavior of stars.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade.
It’s dangerous to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection. But researchers were able to peek at its scorching surface with the help of the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope , located on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
Scientists originally took the images for a different reason: to fine-tune and test the limits of the telescope. But when they looked at the results, they realized they’d photographed the sun’s bright outer shell at higher resolution than ever before.
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