Astronomy
September 22, 2025

NASA’s Solar Probe Captures the Highest Resolution Photo of the Sun Ever

The Solar Orbiter, an international collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) launched in February 2020. Since then, it has acquired data that helps astronomers better understand the volatile solar surface and predict solar storms. Aided by its 10 state-of-the-art instruments, it is the most complex scientific laboratory sent by humankind to our nearest star.

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Painting
September 20, 2025

Paintings Scattered With Colorful Eggshells Convey Life’s Fragility and Resilience in One [Interview]

When considering metaphors for fragility, eggs are often a recurring theme. They also happen to be a guiding force throughout Larisa Safaryan’s practice, which has long revolved around themes of delicacy and renewal. But, rather than simply using eggshells as a sculptural base, Safaryan scatters them across her abstract paintings. “I [like] eggshells because they embody fragility, mirroring the delicate nature of life itself,” Safaryan tells My Modern Met.

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Astrophotography
September 19, 2025

Inouye Solar Telescope Captures Most Detailed Images Ever of Powerful Solar Flares

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation emitted by the sun during solar storms, standing as the most powerful explosions in the solar system. According to NASA, the biggest flares can have as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs, and yet astronomers have only recently obtained record-breaking photographs of the phenomenon. On August 8, 2024, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope at Maui’s National Solar Observatory (NSO)

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