The US space agency has released the first pictures of the full sun from front to back, taken by Nasa’s twin solar spacecraft which have captured it from opposite ends. “For the first time ever, we can watch solar activity in its full 3-dimensional glory,” said Angelos Vourlidas, a member of the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) science team. “STEREO has revealed the sun as it really is -- a sphere of hot plasma and intricately woven magnetic fields.” The project was launched in 2006 and studies the flow of energy and matter from the sun to Earth.
The US space agency has released the first pictures of the full sun from front to back, taken by Nasa’s twin solar spacecraft which have captured it from opposite ends. “For the first time ever, we can watch solar activity in its full 3-dimensional glory,” said Angelos Vourlidas, a member of the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) science team. “STEREO has revealed the sun as it really is -- a sphere of hot plasma and intricately woven magnetic fields.” The project was launched in 2006 and studies the flow of energy and matter from the sun to Earth.