If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

NASA's Newest Space Telescope Sends Back Its First Images of the Sun

Options

26-07-2013 3:41am

#1

46 0s

Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9 ✭

Join Date: July 2013

Posts: 6

Even NASA's press release bubbled with excitement:
The moment when a telescope first opens its doors represents the culmination of years of work and planning -- while simultaneously laying the groundwork for a wealth of research and answers yet to come. It is a moment of excitement and perhaps even a little uncertainty. On July 17, 2013, the international team of scientists and engineers who supported and built NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, all lived through that moment. As the spacecraft orbited around Earth, the door of the telescope opened to view the mysterious lowest layers of the sun's atmosphere and the results thus far are nothing short of amazing. The data is crisp and clear, showing unprecedented detail of this little-observed region.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/nasas-newest-space-telescope-sends-back-its-first-images-of-the-sun-and-theyre-gorgeous/278115/

8