Mihalis Mathioudakis, a professor from Queen's University Belfast, who helped develop the cameras for the telescope, said: "The imaging produced by the Inouye Solar Telescope opens new horizons in solar physics. The telescope is also expected to play a key role in the better understanding of space weather. (Image: Getty Images)"This telescope will improve our understanding of what drives space weather and ultimately help forecasters better predict solar storms." "What we need is to grasp the underlying physics behind space weather, and this starts at the Sun, which is what the Inouye Solar Telescope will study over the next decades." The Inouye Solar Telescope will work with NASA's Parker Solar Probe and soon-to-be-launched European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter to explore the frontiers of solar research.

Source: Daily Mirror January 30, 2020 12:00 UTC