Lixisenatide, a drug in the same family as Ozempic, seems to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Plus, why scientists will look to the Sun’s corona during the 8 April eclipse. Lixisenatide, a drug in the same family as Ozempic, seems to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Plus, why scientists will look to the Sun’s corona during the 8 April eclipse.
The Sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona, will become easier to view from Earth on 8 April. The Sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona, will become easier to view from Earth on 8 April.
17 May 2021, 11:57 BST
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft took these images on 30 May 2020. They show the Sun’s appearance at a wavelength of 17 nanometers, which is in the extreme ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Images at this wavelength reveal the upper atmosphere of the Sun, the corona, with a temperature of around 1 million degrees.
Photograph by Image by Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ ESA & NASA; CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL
For all we’ve learned about the sun, our home star remains shrouded in mystery. Now, after seven years of relative calm, the sun is set to become more temperamental and a fleet of sun-gazing spacecraft are ready to watch as it awakens. Those spacecraft are offering scientists an unprecedented chance to study our stormy star and the ways it can affect our cosmic neighbourhood.
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ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft took this image of the sun in extreme ultraviolet on May 30, 2020. Images in this wavelength help reveal the sun s diaphanous upper atmosphere, or corona, which is a blistering one million degrees.Image by Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ ESA & NASA; CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL
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