Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the light in the sky is an actual star. With how reliable it is and how busy we tend to be ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

Astronomers have captured the Sun's corona in astonishing detail, revealing mesmerizing features like coronal rain — all in ...

Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawai'i is the world's largest solar telescope and has already taken some of the highest-resolution images of the Sun. One of its instruments has just taken its first ...

It is a type of instrument called an imaging spectro-polarimeter, which takes two dimensional images of the sun in particular wavelengths. Whilst most cameras, and our eyes, can detect a range of ...

Check out the vibrant first photo from PUNCH, a NASA mission that is hitting the ground running with some neat shots of the Sun. PUNCH—short ... just taken its first images in what will ...

A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts. The fresh visuals come courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

As a bonus, the mission will take 3D pictures of a solar eclipse, from space. Learning More About the Sun's Surface The system that will make these things possible is made up of four small satellites ...

The European Space Agency released four stunning images last week that show the sun in all its fiery glory. The images, obtained in March 2023 by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, represent what the agency ...

The Solar Orbiter mission has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun's surface, revealing intricate details of sunspots and plasma movement. These images provide crucial ...

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