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New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- Scientists have captured the most detailed images yet of the sun’s surface using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, revealing a dynamic and intricate facade.
- The images, initially taken to test the telescope's capabilities, showed strange feathery patterns caused by magnetized plasma moving at different speeds, creating ripples similar to waves stirred by wind.
- This phenomenon, known on Earth and other planets, has never before been observed in such detail on the sun’s surface.
- The research, published in Nature, aims to improve understanding of the sun’s inner workings and better predict coronal mass ejections that can impact Earth’s technology and produce auroras.
