New solar instrument captures first high-resolution images at world's largest telescope

See the terrifying face of the sun, captured by a brand-new instrument

A new instrument on the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has taken its first image of the surface of the sun.

This Is the Highest-Resolution Portrait of the Sun We’ve Ever Seen

Solar Orbiter pieced together 200 ultraviolet images to show our star’s million-degree atmosphere in all its glory.

New solar instrument captures first high-resolution images at world's largest telescope

The Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) located in Freiburg, Germany, has installed a high-precision measuring instrument for the world's largest solar telescope, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on the Haleakalā volcano located on Maui/Hawaii.

World's largest solar telescope gains powerful new 'eye' to study the sun's secrets

A powerful new instrument added to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope promises to maximize the information gleaned from the sun's light.

World's largest solar telescope shows off its full force with new image

The record-breaking Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) has captured another stunningly close look at the surface of our sun. DKIST has collected incredibly detailed images of the sun from its perch on the Haleakalā volcano in Maui since 2022, but the largest observational tool of its kind only managed its latest look thanks to a recent major milestone described as its “technical first light.” Using its newly installed spectro-polarimeter v…

Solar Secrets in Ultra-HD: Inouye Telescope’s VTF Captures Fiery First Glimpse

The Inouye Solar Telescope just activated its most powerful instrument, VTF—a massive precision tool designed to unveil the secrets of solar storms. Its first light image of a detailed sunspot signals a bold new era in solar observation. With its four-meter-wide primary mirror, the Inouye Solar Telescope is the largest solar telescope in the world. [...]