The surface of our sun is a wild, violent place and now we can see it in exquisite detail, thanks to the first images returned by the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope based in Hawaii.
The ground-based telescope will work with
's Parker Solar Probe, which is orbiting the sun, and the upcoming European Space Agency/ Solar Orbiter to help us learn more about the sun and how the space weather it creates could affect Earth. Details in the newly released images show plasma, which covers the sun, that appears to boil. Giant, Texas-sized cells help create convection, where heat from inside the sun is drawn up to the surface while other cells cool and sink beneath it.
's mission to touch the sun is unraveling our star's mysteries But space weather is hard to predict, something scientists are hoping to change with this trio of sun-focused missions and telescopes.A new analysis published Wednesday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters revealed that severe space super-storms, which are large enough to disrupt our electronic systems and networks, happen once every 25 years.
also cited that space weather affected radio communications for eight hours during Hurricane Irma as the storm made landfall.The telescope has a 13-foot mirror, making it the largest for a solar telescope. It also has a cooling system that can provide heat protection for the telescope and a dome to stabilize temperature. Its optics also reduce the blurring effect of Earth's atmosphere.
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