Solving sunspot mysteries: Multi-wavelength observations of sunspots
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 06:01
in Astronomy & Space
Multi-wavelength observations of sunspots with the 1.6-meter telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory in California and aboard NASA's IRIS spacecraft have produced new and intriguing images of high-speed plasma flows and eruptions extending from the sun's surface to the outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, the corona.