Category: space
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A New Video Captures Mossy Corona in the Sun’s Atmosphere in Extraordinary Detail
A new video released by the European Space Agency (ESA) reveals the riotous activity of the sun’s atmosphere in unprecedented detail. Taken by the Solar Orbiter in September, the footage captures a lush blanket of “corona moss” met by bright arches, or the magnetic field lines that shoot from the interior. Researchers say the…
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The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Details of the Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Resolution
Edge of the Horsehead Nebula. All images courtesy of NASA/ESA/CSA Focused on the part of the sky where you can spot the constellation Orion (“The Hunter”) on clear nights, the James Webb Space Telescope’s latest dispatch blinks in astonishing images from an area known as the Orion B molecular cloud. At 1,300 light-years away—more than…