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.

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