The CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun's magnetic field
E-Mail IMAGE: Artistic visualization of the Sun's magnetic field in the active region observed by CLASP2 view more Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field in the outer layers of the solar atmosphere, where the explosive events that occasionally affect the Earth occur. The extraordinary observations of the polarization of the Sun's ultraviolet light achieved by the CLASP2 mission have made it possible to map the magnetic field throu...
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