11 July 2018
High hopes for Hi-C mission to reveal secrets of the Sun
... wavelengths – a wavelength that enables better visibility of different gases at different temperatures within the corona. Dr Morton explained: “These images taken of the Sun’s corona have the finest detail we have ever seen. Stars – of which the...
08 April 2019
Rain on the Sun links long-standing solar mysteries
... of the most endearing conundrums is why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the corona, is some 300 times hotter than its surface...structures with long pointed peaks that extend high into the corona and can be readily observed during a solar eclipse....
22 August 2017
Total eclipse wows viewers in the US
... only to enthusiasts but to scientists who study the sun. When the moon obscures the sun, it reveals the normally hidden, halo-like corona - the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere. The corona is usually hidden by the bright light of the...
January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
...other. Finally, during the apogee phase (from event 4 to event 6) the formation flying demonstration manoeuvres and Sun corona observation are performed for a total of six hours in rigid formation configuration. During the mission, in case of anomaly...
06 December 2019
Parker Solar Probe reveals major new insights on the Sun
...the closest-ever look inside our star’s atmosphere, the corona. Launched in August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe that... of 24 planned passes through never-before-explored parts of the Sun's corona. Even with just a few flyby’s under its belt, the...
17 October 2015
Photos released of large hole in sun’s corona
... show, courtesy of NASA’s orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory, have been released. On October 10, the hole in the sun’s outer layer, or corona, stretched for the equivalent of 50 Earths, Space.com reported. The hole’s size has generated a stronger...
