NASA’s twin STEREO probes have finally moved into position around the sun, giving us real-time complete coverage of what’s going on both the visible and hidden side of our closest star.
“With data like these, we can fly around the sun to see what’s happening over the horizon—without ever leaving our desks,” says STEREO program scientist Lika Guhathakurta at NASA headquarters. “I expect great advances in theoretical solar physics and space weather forecasting.”
The information so far has been impressive, and promises lots of new insight into how the sun works and its effects on various earth systems like tsunamis and magnetics.
nice video in the link, a bit scary to look into sun, even if it’s not dangerious for eyes.