The first photo closest to the Sun came in front, scientists saw the mysterious cold gas, the temperature was one million degrees
Scientists have got a big success in the discoveries about the Sun. In March, Solar Orbiter Probe took the clearest photo of the Sun so far. The European Space Agency and NASA jointly launched Solar Orbiter in February 2020. This orbiter has taken the closest photo of the Sun so far. Not only this, he has given many information related to the poles of the Sun. This is the most detailed picture ever, which has excited scientists.
On March 26, the orbiter took the picture from the closest to the Sun, ie 4,8 million kilometers away. Scientists have seen a surprising thing in this. Scientists have observed that cold gas is coming out of the hot surface of the Sun. Although it is not that cold, said Bergman, principal investigator of the orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager. Here by cold it means 1 million degrees Celsius. Because it is colder than the Sun’s temperature of 15 million degrees.
The gas looked like thorns
They look like thorns on the Sun. For this reason, scientists have named it Solar Hedgehog. Hedgehog is an animal, which is very cute in appearance but has thorns on its body. Apart from this, Solar Orbiter is the first such orbiter which has captured such good pictures of the South Pole of the Earth. Scientists believe that it plays an important role in creating the Sun’s magnetic field.
Mission to study the poles of the Sun
Solar Orbiter project scientist David Mueller said that at the very beginning of the mission, we have got so many great data. It’s hard to believe this. This picture has come to the fore when scientists are researching the Sun’s solar cycle and its poles. A solar cycle is 11 years old. In this the pole of the Sun changes. The south pole shifts to the north and the north pole to the south. The study of the poles of the Sun is an important goal of this mission.
