And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

The enhanced imaging capabilities of the coronal adaptive optics system facilitate the study of small-scale phenomena like ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the world is invited. The observatory in the foothills of the Chilean ...

Installed in the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory in California, Cona has captured the highest-resolution images to date of the sun’s corona.

The team used the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Observatory to capture fine details of the solar corona. This is the sun’s outer atmosphere, invisible to the naked eye except during eclipses.

The 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory in Big Bear, California. Credit: Sergey Shumko.

The researchers captured the new images using the 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope at the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California, equipped with a new technology called Cona, which employs ...

Thanks to a breakthrough adaptive optics system called Cona, installed at the 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope (GST), operated by NJIT's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) at Big Bear ...

The Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) is an exceptional site, and its Goode Solar Telescope (GST) is a great instrument. Thanks to a new upgrade that pushes it to its theoretical limit, ...

The Big Bear Solar Observatory sits on a peninsula on the north shore of the lake in Big Bear, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County/Getty Images.

The Big Bear Solar Observatory sits on a peninsula on the north shore: “This level of the lake is great for us,” she added. “We can utilize our east public launch ramp, ...