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NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission has captured a stunning rainbow-like phenomenon in space, showcasing colorized zodiacal light created by sunlight reflecting off dust particles orbiting the Sun. According to NASA, this cosmic rainbow differs from Earth's rainbows, as it represents polarization patterns that will help scientists better understand solar wind movement and improve space weather forecasting.

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[–] grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

direct link to image:

awesome as fuck.

[–] thefactremains@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Thanks!

Here's how to properly create a hyperlink to it.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

THE BIFROST!!! VALHALLA CONFIRMED!!!

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Here's a link to something not tied to Perplexity.