Sunday 6 July 2014

NASA's IRIS Solar Observatory After 1 Year in Space

SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA's IRIS Solar Observatory After 1 Year in Space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2014 - On June 27, 2013, NASA's newest solar observatory was launched into orbit around Earth. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, observes the low level of the sun's atmosphere - a constantly moving area called the interface region - in better detail than has ever been done before. During its first year in space, IRIS provided detailed images of this area, finding even more tur ... more


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