scientists have at their disposal the best quality and accurate to date types of the solar atmosphere. For shooting used an experimental camera mounted on the rocket.
system managed to shoot only for five minutes, but it was enough to discover a previously unknown phenomenon, which the researchers called “sparks”.
This bright points appear along the magnetic field lines, which are a huge amount of energy.
spots appear and disappear randomly after about 25 seconds. Across the Sun, they are microscopic, although the size equal to the UK.
Perhaps this discovery will help to explain why the external temperature of the solar atmosphere, called the corona, a much higher surface temperature of the light, that is the photosphere.
“temperature of the solar corona to millions of degrees higher, and dozens of years, we could not find an explanation. Sparks, which we call the extreme ultraviolet points, it seems, are evidence of a very localized and frequent outbursts of energy, which can then accumulate and easily heat the solar corona, “- he said in an interview with BBC BBC.
videos of this phenomenon has been collected in a series of photographs and posted on YouTube.
tool was used to shoot the new generation, which was tested using geophysical rocket. Researchers had hoped to test his concept, design and performance, to continue to use the device for space missions.
During the test, the camera was turned to the active regions of the Sun’s center.
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sparks scientists saw large concentrations of charged gas (plasma), moving at great speed along paths created by magnetic fields.
Scientists continue to study the Sun with the device after it is displayed on a satellite in space.
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