The chromosphere is the second layer in our sun's atmosphere. It extends for about 1,200 miles above the visible surface of the sun. The chromosphere is above the photosphere, the visible 'surface ...

The sun is the star at the heart of the Solar System, a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, radiating energy. It has a diameter of 1.39 million km, and is 330,000 times the mass of the Earth.

Photosphere, chromosphere and solar prominences . The lowest layer of the sun's atmosphere, the photosphere is the innermost that can be observed outside of a total solar eclipse.

In the atmospheric layer above the photosphere, called the chromosphere, we see dark, elongated fibrils originating from locations of small-scale magnetic field accumulations.

As the Sun nears solar maximum, an abundance of phenomena dance across its surface. The chromosphere—the layer of the Sun sandwiched between the photosphere and the corona—swirls with ...

Above the photosphere is the thin chromosphere, so named because it glows bright red under certain viewing conditions, followed by the corona, the hot, wispy aura visible during a total solar eclipse.

Studying the sun’s photosphere and chromosphere will allow researchers to examine how plasma flows and shifting magnetic fields interact to trigger surface eruptions.

Professor Grahame Blair, STFC Executive Director of Programs, said, "This substantial investment demonstrates our commitment to maintaining the UK's leading role in solar physics research.

New images of the sun’s surface captured by a powerful ground-based solar telescope have revealed sunspots and other features in unprecedented detail. The eight images, released on May 19, were ...

Namaste! My research interests include the magnetic field measurements in the photosphere and the chromosphere using different ground and space-based instruments. To infer the magnetic and ...