Rocket-launched camera reveals highways and sparkles in the solar atmosphere
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 22:30
in Astronomy & Space
Using an innovative new camera on board a sounding rocket, an international team of scientists have captured the sharpest images yet of the Sun’s outer atmosphere. The team discovered fast-track ‘highways’ and intriguing ‘sparkles’ that may help answer a long-standing solar mystery.