A new adaptive optics system reveals stunning, ultra-sharp views of the Sun’s corona—offering an unprecedented look at solar ...

The images show ultra-fine bright and dark stripes (called striations) in the thin, gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere ...

The stripes, called striations, ripple across the walls of solar granules—convection cells in the Sun’s photosphere where hot ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

An incredibly sharp photo of the Sun has revealed, for the first time, the magnetic "striae" hidden on the solar surface. O ...

Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology ...

The Sun’s magnetic field is stronger than Earth’s own, and in certain variable regions it can be thousands of times stronger.

The National Solar Observatory (NSO), which operates the telescope, said that the image was taken during technical testing and that the VTF is not yet even fully operational. But the fact that the ...