The sun in detail: Contorted center of sunspot nearly twice the size of Earth
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 10:51
in Astronomy & Space
New images have revealed otherwise invisible details of our Sun, including a new view of the dark, contorted center of a sunspot that is nearly twice the diameter of the Earth. The images are the first ever made of the Sun with a facility where ESO is a partner. The results are an important expansion of the range of observations that can be used to probe the physics of our nearest star.