The Sun in H.D. / New Species Found!
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The sun, our lovely central star that provides us with the bright days and summer heat is getting some attention to detail today. The image you see above is the most highest resolution image of the our Sun's surface that's ever been taken.
What you see in the image is the boiling gas that completely covers our Sun. Each small cell in this picture is about the size of Texas, and they shift and change as different parts of the Sun's surface plasma boils to the surface. Take a look at the video below to see it while in motion.
The photo and video were taken by the National Science Foundation (NSF) which currently have a new Telescope called the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (Located in Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii) that's able to take and obtain photos of our Sun in high definition, enabling scientists to see it clearly and be able to conduct research to learn more about our central star.
Their main goal is to learn more about space weather. There are magnetic eruptions that occurs in the sun which is emitted out to space and can come close enough to Earth that interfere with communications and can even cause power blackouts. One example of this is during 2017's Hurricane Irma, when the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration reported that a simultaneous space weather event brought down radio communications used by first responders, aviation and maritime channels for eight hours on the day the hurricane made landfall. This made it difficult for them to communicate to those needing assistance and to coordinate with their teams to rescue those that needed help.
By studying the sun's behaviors, forecasters may eventually be able to predict not just Earth based storms but also space storms as well, which can help us prepare for such events and avoid further damage that can be caused by these solar flares interfering with Earth communications.
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| The newfound Araniella Villanii is an orb-waver spider, a group that uses math to spin their webs. (Image Credit: Live Science) |
Introducing the Araniella Villanii (named after a French mathematician Cecdric Villani). Is a newly discovered neon-green spider that uses math to build its incredibly precise and consistent webs. The bright-green arachnid is part of the orb-weaver spider family known as (Araneidae) who tend to build beautiful and architecturally precise and aesthetic webs that look like they adhere to the golden ratio.
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The Villanii eats small flying insects and builds its webs in woods, bushes and low vegetation where the spiders green bodies are camouflaged. Their striking green neon color is due to bile pigments called 'biliverdin' which makes them very difficult to detect in nature. They also have spiky black hairs covering their bodies. These hairs are innervated meaning they can sense the outside world much like a cat's whiskers. This discovery shows just how many unknown species are likely still out there to be discovered. The Villanii can be found in southwestern Iran, Easter Kazakhstan and northern India.
This study was published on 1/22/2020 in the journal ZooKeys. For further information check out the link below.
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