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NASA’s CODEX captures unique views of Sun’s outer atmosphere

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

CODEX coronal streamers

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The Sun continuously radiates material in the form of the solar wind. The Sun’s magnetic field shapes this material, sometimes creating flowing, ray-like formations called coronal streamers. In this view from NASA’s CODEX instrument, large dark spots block much of the bright light from the Sun. Blocking this light allows the instrument's sensitive equipment to capture the faint light of the Sun’s outer atmosphere.

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Credit: NASA/KASI/INAF/CODEX


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