January’s best science images
3 Quarks Daily • 2/2/2026
Summary
Astrophysicists have created a sharper image of the Sun’s corona, the outermost layer of its atmosphere, using data from within it. The illustration shows the corona's outer edge, which has a rough, spiky shape that expands and contracts like a pufferfish.
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