The Sun’s Coronal Loops May Be an Optical Illusion

04/08/2022

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The Sun’s coronal loops may be an optical illusion The arcs that dance above the Sun may actually be wrinkles in a vast veil of plasma. READ MORE

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NASA/JPL-Caltech Astronomy’s exoplanet boom crests 5,000 confirmed worlds NASA recently confirmed a cosmic milestone in its exoplanet archive. READ MORE

Tarokmeww/Shutterstock Written in the stars: How humans pick out constellations For star patterns that are recognized across continents, cultural influences take a back seat to human visual processing. READ MORE

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Astronomy: Richard Talcott and Roen Kelly Explore deep-sky gems in Coma Berenices Packed with a veritable smörgåsbord of galaxies, Coma Berenices is on full display this month. READ MORE

NASA/JPL-Caltech Ask Astro: Why will Europa Clipper orbit Jupiter instead of Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2024 to assess the habitability of Jupiter’s moon Europa. So why will it orbit Jupiter and not Europa itself? READ MORE

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio The sky this week Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. READ MORE

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Jon Talbot from Ocean Springs, Mississippi Thanks for all the fish The Dolphin Nebula (Sharpless 2–308) is a wind-blown bubble of ionized hydrogen surrounding the massive Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris. This narrowband image was taken with HOO filters and almost 25 hours of exposure time. VIEW NOW

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