Searing Sun seen in X-rays

 X-rays light up the surface of our Sun in a bouquet of colors in this new image containing data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The high-energy X-rays seen by NuSTAR are shown in green and blue, while red shows lower-energy X-rays from the X-ray telescope instrument on the Hinode spacecraft, named after the Japanese word for sunrise. Dr. Iain Hannah of the University of Glasgow will present the image at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno on Wednesday 8th ...