The SolarOrbiter spacecraft has made a second close approach to the sun and has captured stunning footage of its corona.
Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency mission that launched in 2020 and which includes the closest camera to the sun, has made a second close approach of our star and has captured stunning footage of the sun’s corona.
The corona is the outermost layer of the sun’s atmosphere, and it stretches out for millions of miles from the sun’s surface. It is also hotter than the surface of the sun, reaching temperatures over a million degrees Celsius.
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