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Astronomers have captured videos of the sun without the typical blur caused by turbulence in Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/h2>\n
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Scientists captured the highest-resolution images of the sun\u2019s corona to date. The plasma is artificially colorized in the image, with darker pink colors corresponding to brighter light.
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The sun\u2019s corona is a site of scientific intrigue for its erratic eruptions and massive, stringy loops of plasma called prominences<\/a>. But we can only see this outermost part of the sun\u2019s atmosphere during a total solar eclipse\u2014and even then, astronomers on the ground can\u2019t get a clear view of it, since Earth\u2019s own atmosphere makes it appear hazy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe turbulence in the air severely degrades images of objects in space, like our sun, seen through our telescopes,\u201d Dirk Schmidt<\/a>, an adaptive optics scientist and project lead at the National Solar Observatory, says in a statement<\/a>. \u201cBut we can correct for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

To focus on the corona in striking detail, researchers at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology developed a new optical technology called Cona, which can compensate for the turbulence-related blur. Installed in the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory in California, Cona has captured the highest-resolution images to date of the sun\u2019s corona. The new visuals give researchers a detailed look at streaky \u201ccoronal rain,\u201d fierce solar prominences and mysterious plasma streams that astronomers say had never been seen before.<\/p>\n

Schmidt and his colleagues published the crisp images and descriptions of the new tech in the journal Nature Astronomy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0last week. By using this method to see our nearest star, researchers could reveal more about solar flares<\/a>, coronal mass ejections, space weather and the still-mysterious uneven heating of the sun.<\/p>\n

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Never before seen details in the sun’s atmosphere<\/p>\n

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