Author: Miguel Claro On July 10, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence appeared in the sun’s chromosphere, throwing a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Luckily, I happened to check the solar activity at the end of the day. Normally I … Read More
A new portrait taken with the world’s most powerful solar telescope has captured the face of our Sun in exquisite detail. The middle layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, known as the chromosphere, looks almost like a shag rug up close … Read More
An astrophotographer has revealed his ‘clearest ever photo of the Sun.’ Andrew McCarthy layered 150,000 individual photographs of the Sun to represent the intricate and stunning detail of the solar system’s star. The photographer, known on Instagram as @cosmic-background, defines … Read More
A new solar telescope in Hawaii has taken its first photo and video of the Sun. The images are the highest-resolution views of our star ever taken, revealing details on the Sun’s surface as small as 18 miles across. The … Read More