Hinode spacecraft reveals new details about the Sun

Hinode spacecraft reveals new details about the Sun: "Xeni Jardin:

NASA has released never-before-seen photos showing the sun's magnetic field to be more turbulent and dynamic than
previously known. Snip:

The international spacecraft Hinode, formerly known
as Solar B, took the images. Hinode, Japanese for 'sunrise,' was launched Sept. 23, 2006, to study
the sun's magnetic field and how its explosive energy propagates
through the different layers of the solar atmosphere. The
spacecraft's uninterrupted high-resolution observations of the sun
will have an impact on solar physics comparable to the Hubble Space
Telescope's impact on astronomy. (...)

Led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Hinode mission is a collaboration between the space agencies of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Link to videos, still images, and more. Image (Hinode JAXA/NASA): 'Taken by Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope on Nov. 20, 2006, this image reveals the structure of the solar magnetic field rising vertically from a sunspot.'

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(Via Boing Boing.)