Over the years, telescopes have managed to capture the majestic ball of fire in space and reveal to us its amazing avatars. Some images have shown the Sun in never-before-seen detail, whereas some have shown activities on its surface to help us understand it better.
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday, July 16, 2020, released the closest pictures ever taken of the sun that was captured just a mere 48 million miles away from earth's nearest star. These images were shot by the Solar Orbiter Mission, a spacecraft that is the result of an international mission between the two space agencies that completed its first close pass of the sun last month. Here the closest images of the Sun:
NASA
Solar Orbiter Mission
The Solar Orbiter Mission, which is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), launched on February 9, 2020,
the?spacecraft completed its first close pass?of?the?Sun?in mid-June.
NASA/ESA
Closest Picture Ever Taken Of The Sun
The?first?images?from ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter, a new?Sun-observing mission, are now available to?the?public, including?the?closest?pictures ever taken?of?the?Sun.
NASA/ESA
Campfires On The Sun
Solar Orbiter spots ¡®campfires¡¯ on the Sun. Locations of campfires are annotated with white arrows.
NASA/ESA
Its's Important To Explore The Solar System
"These amazing?images?will help scientists piece together?the?Sun's atmospheric layers, which is imp... Read More
"These amazing?images?will help scientists piece together?the?Sun's atmospheric layers, which is important for understanding how it drives space weather near?the?Earth and throughout?the?solar system,"
said Holly Gilbert, NASA project scientist for?the?mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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NASA/ESA
Surface Of The Sun
The surface of the Sun is dotted with countless eruptions reminiscent of bonfires.
NASA/ESA
Solar Orbiter¡¯s First View Of The Sun¡¯s Corona
The Metis instrument is a coronagraph. It blocks out the dazzling light from the solar surface, allowing the fainter outer atmosphere of the Sun to be seen. Different frequencies show different features
NASA/ESA
Lower Atmosphere Temperatures Between 10,000 To 100,000 Degrees
At a particular wavelength of light known as Lyman-alpha, the EUI will pick out the hydrogen in the Sun's lower atmosphere (chromosphere). Temperatures in this region are 10,000 to 100,000 degrees
NASA/ESA
Sun¡¯s Corona And Beyond
This infographic summarises the first views obtained by ESA¡¯s Solar Orbiter mission of the Sun¡¯s out... Read More
This infographic summarises the first views obtained by ESA¡¯s Solar Orbiter mission of the Sun¡¯s outer atmosphere, or corona, and beyond. The corona extends millions of kilometres into outer space and is thought to be the origin of the solar wind, stream of charged particles constantly released by the Sun.
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The Sun Viewed By Solar Orbiter¡¯s PHI Instrument On June 18, 2020
The?top left image?is a view of the Sun taken by PHI¡¯s Full Disc Telescope on June 18, 2020. This is a visible-light image and represents what we would see with the naked eye. There are no sunspots visible because the Sun is displaying only low levels of magnetic activity at the moment.
NASA/ESA
The Sun¡¯s granulation pattern viewed by Solar Orbiter
A close-up image was taken with the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) High-Resolution Teles... Read More
A close-up image was taken with the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) High-Resolution Telescope on ESA¡¯s Solar Orbiter on 28 May 2020. The area is approximately 200 000 km x 200 000 km across and is centered in the middle of the Sun. It shows the Sun¡¯s granulation pattern that results from the movement of hot plasma under the Sun¡¯s visible surface.
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