NJIT's New Solar Telescope Unveils the Complex Dynamics of Sunspots' Dark Cores (IMAGE)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

NJIT's New Solar Telescope Unveils the Complex Dynamics of Sunspots' Dark Cores

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Groundbreaking images of the sun captured by scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory give a first-ever detailed view of the interior structure of umbrae -- the dark patches in the center of sunspots -- revealing dynamic magnetic fields responsible for the plumes of plasma that emerge as bright dots interrupting their darkness.

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NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory

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