How These Images of the Sun Can Solve a Solar System Mystery!

This is the highest resolution photo ever taken of the Sun.

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00:00the sun may be huge but it's still tough to give it the close-up it deserves however recently the

00:09European Space Agency solar orbiter got within 46.6 million miles of it which is actually pretty

00:15close for something that burns that hot and it took these incredible photos the highest resolution

00:20images ever captured of it by mankind the orbiter took 25 photos while it was flying past capturing

00:27this 83 million pixel image of our solar center but the spacecraft wasn't only looking to capture

00:32high-res pictures it also snapped photos of the ultraviolet wavelengths of light the sun sends out

00:37into the universe as well using its spectral imaging of the coronal environment or spice instrument it

00:42captured these each image shows the wavelength of a different element and the ultraviolet frequency

00:47it emits at different temperatures these images are important because there are still some mysteries

00:51scientists are looking to solve with regards to the sun for instance science alert reports the sun's

00:56hottest temperatures are actually recorded further away from its surface and these new images could

01:00help them answer why that is and perhaps provide answers to other unknown phenomena at the center of

01:05our solar system