photosphere
noun
pho·to·sphere
ˈfō-tə-ˌsfir 
1
: a sphere of light or radiance
2
: the luminous surface layer of the sun or a star
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The Parker probe saw the entire thing—from the CME's generation, to its emission from the sun's surface (or photosphere), to its propagation in the space between our star and our planet.
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Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Solar prominences, explains NASA, are large, bright loops of plasma anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere — the visible surface of the Sun — that extend into the Sun's outer atmosphere.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2024
Here’s how to view it According to The National Solar Observatory, the corona is the area of plasma, or highly ionized gas, that extends thousands of miles above the sun’s visible surface, called the photosphere.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2024
The outermost layers are the photosphere (the bright surface), the chromosphere, the transition region and the corona.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
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Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Solar prominences, explains NASA, are large, bright loops of plasma anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere — the visible surface of the Sun — that extend into the Sun's outer atmosphere.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2024
Here’s how to view it According to The National Solar Observatory, the corona is the area of plasma, or highly ionized gas, that extends thousands of miles above the sun’s visible surface, called the photosphere.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2024
The outermost layers are the photosphere (the bright surface), the chromosphere, the transition region and the corona.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Photosphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photosphere. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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