All Things Space, UFOs, etc.Stunning new solar flare images show unprecedented detail Posted on October 2, 2025 by Administrator The sun is a highly active place, with huge solar flares and coronal loops of hot plasma erupting from the solar surface. Now, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, operated by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has obtained the highest resolution images of a solar flare ever taken. A team of researchers from the National Solar Observatory (NSO) at the University of Colorado Boulder said on August 25, 2025, that the images reveal unprecedented detail in a solar flare and the bright and dark coronal loops within it.