news.cnet.com— NASA released stunning new images of the sun that have been sent back by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which was launched into space on February 11.
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It will be, but not until the PI teams have finished calibrating the instruments -- there are issues like making sure they know how much jitter there is when they flip the filters on the telescopes, and determining what the sensitivity on each pixel of the cameras are.
seth553Apr 25, 2010
Ads? Where?I know, I know. You shouldn't have to use ABP, digg me down boys.
jooklyApr 25, 2010
what incredible false colors will they put over the sun next! /not quite s... but sorta... i don't know... pretty picture
Closed AccountApr 25, 2010
One solar flare could probably power the Earth for a year... Someone figure out how to harness this energy!
Closed AccountApr 25, 2010
If your PC crashes you won't know for 8 minutes,
Closed AccountApr 25, 2010
Yes, it can.
jhourcleApr 26, 2010
It will be, but not until the PI teams have finished calibrating the instruments -- there are issues like making sure they know how much jitter there is when they flip the filters on the telescopes, and determining what the sensitivity on each pixel of the cameras are.
jhourcleApr 26, 2010
If you bothered paying attention earlier in the week, you'd have seen the link to the mission's website (<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/space/The_Sun_As_We_ve_Never_Seen_It_Before)." rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/space/The_Sun_As_We_ve_Never_Seen_ ...</a> NASA released the full res images; CNET scaled them down.
mavedatthews85Apr 26, 2010
Best. Skit. Ever.
daeusMay 10, 2010
HAHA, er