Fri Feb 28 10:59:10 UTC 2025: ## Aditya-L1 Captures First-Ever Image of Solar Flare ‘Kernel’
**Bengaluru, February 28, 2025** – India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has achieved a significant milestone. The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard the spacecraft has captured the first-ever image of a solar flare “kernel” in the Sun’s lower atmosphere. This groundbreaking observation, made on February 22nd, depicts an X6.3-class solar flare – one of the most intense types of solar eruptions – exhibiting brightening in the Near Ultra Violet (NUV) wavelength range (200-400 nm), a range never before observed with such detail.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that this image provides crucial insights into the energy release and spread through the Sun’s atmospheric layers. Specifically, the localized brightening in the lower atmosphere directly correlates with a rise in plasma temperature in the solar corona, confirming a long-standing theory about the connection between flare energy and temperature changes.
This data is expected to significantly advance our understanding of the physics behind these powerful solar explosions and their impact on Earth. The Aditya-L1 mission, launched on September 2, 2023, and positioned at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point L1 on January 6, 2024, continues to deliver remarkable scientific results.
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