Sharpest-ever images of the Sun's surface reveal magnetic 'stripes' | NYGazet

The Inouye Solar Telescope captured magnetic, silk-like "stripes" on the solar surface called photospheric striations.

The sun never sits still, yet until recently our best snapshots blurred its fine threads. Now an image set from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Haleakalā resolves details just 20 kilometers wide, letting researchers watch bright and dark stri... [5919 chars]