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Image of the Sun's full disc

April 13 , 2024 226 days 373 0
  • The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has captured the most detailed image of the Sun's full disc and outer atmosphere, the corona, to date.
  • The spacecraft took the images as it passed directly between the Earth and Sun at a distance of 75 million kilometres.
  • It was revealing the intense environment of the Sun's upper atmosphere with a temperature of approximately one million degrees Celsius.

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