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Raindrops in the Suns Corona
Friday, May 30, 2025 by Richard Harris
A revolutionary advancement in solar observation has been achieved by scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Solar Observatory (NSO) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Using an innovative new optical system known as coronal adaptive optics, the research...
Largest solar telescope first light
Monday, May 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO) near the summit of Maui’s Haleakalā, reached a major milestone: achieving first light with its most advanced instrument, ...
Comet Atlas disintegrates as it approaches the sun in new video footage
Monday, October 28, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Newly released video footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captures the final moments of Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it disintegrates on its perilous approach toward the sun. The event, which occurred on October 28, 2023, highlights the comet's dramatic demise as i...
Inouye Solar Telescope coronal magnetic field map
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, designed, built, and operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by directly mapping the strength of the magnetic fie...