India, Feb. 28 -- In a historic first, the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard Aditya-L1 has succeeded in capturing unprecedented details of solar flares. SUIT is a unique space telescope developed by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune, and launched by ISRO whereas Aditya-L1 is India's first dedicated solar space mission.

SUIT has succeeded in capturing a solar flare 'kernel' in the lower solar atmosphere, namely the photosphere and the chromosphere in images recorded in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) band. This ground-breaking observation marks a leap in the understanding of explosive activities in the solar atmosphere.

The pioneering research is led by Ph.D. student Soumya Roy under the ...