5 years into its mission, Photo voltaic Orbiter provides a wide ranging view of the Solar’s million-degree environment, often known as the corona, in ultraviolet mild.
This picture captures glowing coronal loops round energetic areas and darker filaments that reveal cooler plasma. Creating such element was no easy feat, requiring Photo voltaic Orbiter to map the Solar’s floor in a 5 x 5 grid on 9 March 2025, producing over 200 pictures. These have been merged into the widest high-resolution photo voltaic view ever created, showcasing the Solar as a radiant golden sphere surrounded by swirling plasma. This achievement stems from a world collaboration between ESA and NASA, with Belgium’s Royal Observatory main the Excessive Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) mission.
Extra: ESA
