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'Terrifying and Gorgeous' Visions of Our Sun
As a solar observatory reaches its 10th anniversary, here are some jewels from its mission.
Want to get so up-close and personal with the Sun you can almost feel your aqueous humors boiling?
Then take a trip down memory lane with NASA, which is celebrating the 10 anniversary of the Hinode mission. Managed by the U.S. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Hinode vessel has been constantly surveying our life-giving star since launching in September 2006. NASA writes that it’s given us “valuable insight into our star”: