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They will also compare the data with images captured by NASA's Parker solar probe to try to better understand the intricate mechanisms of the solar corona. .
As demonstrated by a new series of NASA observations, there is much more to sunlight than can be seen.
This hidden light could help solve a mystery linked to the incredibly warm outdoor atmosphere of our host star, the crown.
This hidden light could help solve a mystery about the incredibly warm outdoor atmosphere of our host star, the crown.
Solar coronal extreme heat imaging.
It's due to this phenomenon, for example, that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is able to observe infrared light peering through massive cosmic dust clouds that we could not otherwise see through.
That's what this is all about, for example, that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is able to observe infrared light through huge clouds of cosmic dust that we would otherwise not be able to see through. A new picture of nustar published by nasa earlier this month shows high-energy X-rays in the form of bright blue spots.
A new NuStar image published by NASA earlier this month shows high-energy X-rays as shiny blue spots.
About the new picture, NuStar data are combined with low energy X-ray observations (green light on the image) taken by the Japanese space vessel Hinode, and ultra-violet (red) observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
NuStar's new data has the potential to solve a solar mystery. Scientists have long sought to figure out why the solar corona, or outer atmosphere, is much hotter than its surface. Now, the new observations can help provide new clues in the form of those overheated areas of the sun, represented by the blue color.
The solar corona can reach temperatures as high as 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit (2 million degrees Celsius), while the photosphere below can be around 500 times colder. According to a blog post from NASA, "this has puzzled scientists because the Sun's heat originates in its core and travels outward. It's like the air around the fire is a hundred times as warm as the flames."
One potential solution to the mystery comes in the form of nanoflares, which are small bursts of heat and light in the Sun's atmosphere. They are smaller solar eruptions.
, a bit like solar flares, they produce materials that are warmer than the average crown temperature. They will also compare the data to images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe to attempt to gain a better understanding of the complex mechanisms of the solar corona.
