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Tue, 22 Mar 2022
Solar illusion: Sun’s coronal loops may not be what they seem

New study challenges long-held assumptions about the structure of the sun’s atmosphere

Many coronal loops — ropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought existed in the sun’s atmosphere — may be optical illusions, according to a new paper that challenges prevailing assumptions of what researchers know, and don’t know, about the sun.

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Tue, 22 Mar 2022
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope starts year-long science commissioning phase

Earth’s most powerful solar telescope begins scientific observations and ushers in a new age of solar science

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has begun its year-long operations commissioning phase, during which the telescope will be gradually brought online. The Inouye Solar Telescope will capture high-resolution images of the sun and measure the magnetic fields of solar phenomena that influence space weather, including sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

The milestone mission will allow astronomers …

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