The latest images of the Sun.

NASA has just announced that it has taken a picture of the 3D space (3D image) of the Sun. These photos will help scientists more accurately predict magnetic storms, which often cripple electrical devices on Earth and interfere with satellite activity.

The first 3-D photos of STEREO satellites will be provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California.

Dr. Michael Kaiser, working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Road, Maryland, likened the 3D image of the Sun to previous photographs of the Sun, such as medical 3D scans. compared to conventional X-ray images.

3D images of the Sun will help scientists improve the predictions of magnetic storms. When a magnetic storm occurs, billions of tons of Plasma gas escape from explosions inside the Sun moving at millions of miles per hour and crippling electrical devices as well as affecting the operation of satellites. . Because of this, scientists need precise "diagnostic" tools like the 3D images of the Sun to help them determine the exact direction of the sun's gas clouds.

2-D images

3D image

Dr. Russell Howard from Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, said: 'Knowing the direction of the CME cloud will help scientists calculate when it will happen in just one. day, or only a few hours. STEREO also helps forecasters estimate the severity of storms from the coming. '

To capture 3D images of the Sun, NASA launched the STEREO spacecraft on orbit on October 25, 2006.

On January 26, 2007, these two ships completed a series of complicated flights until they were in their right position in orbit.

These two observing satellites are flying around the Sun, one in front of the Earth, the other slightly back in the back. They fly in an orbit at an angle of about 45 degrees. At this distance, images captured by two satellites will provide images of the sun's three-dimensional space.

3D space sun images announced by NASA yesterday April 23. ( Photo: Reuters)

Astronomers wear anti-glare glasses to view 3D images. (Photo: Reuters)

2-D images

3D image

Satellite shooting in many different angles

HK - Photos: NASA