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This is the highest-ever resolution image of the #sun. It has been revealed by #Britishscientists working alongside #NASA. The images analysed by a team from the University of Central Lancashire (#UCLan) and NASA offer astronomers insights into the sun's #atmosphere. Before the images were released, aspects of the sun's atmosphere were a mystery - appearing dark or mostly empty. But now scientists have discovered these spots actually contain strands of incredibly hot #electrified gas - strands that are individually up to 500km (311 miles) thick. The images were captured by NASA's high-resolution coronal imager (Hi-C), a #telescope which was carried to the cusp of space on a sub-orbital rocket flight. Dr Tom Williams, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLan who worked on the Hi-C data, said the images help provide a greater understanding of how the #Earth and sun related to each other. Despite knowing these strands exist, scientists are still puzzling over what exactly is creating them. #space #science #nasa #telescopes #scientist #sunreflection (at Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-zyCE0hTgq/?igshid=2cu6l0it8jc8