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I'm surprised by this discovery too, I would have thought we would have been able to observe something like this with the STEREO spacecraft [0] which are pair o
by dr_orpheus 4y ago
I'm surprised by this discovery too, I would have thought we would have been able to observe something like this with the STEREO spacecraft [0] which are pair of identical spacecraft that are imaging the sun at different angles.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEREO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEREO
- data-ottawa 4y agoThe linked paper at the bottom of the article might shed more light on this for you: “We demonstrate how apparently isolated loops could deceive observers, even when observations from multiple viewing angles are available” I haven’t read it all yet and this topic is totally out of my wheelhouse, but it seems quite interesting. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3df9 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3df9
- djbeadle 4y agoI had never heard of this and took a look at the Wikipedia page you linked. > Contact with STEREO-B was lost in 2014 after entering an uncontrolled spin preventing its solar panels from generating enough power, but STEREO-A is still operational.
- JohnJamesRambo 4y agoDamn things went Mono.