A mini -solar telescope riding at the International Space Station for the first time caught photos, which are never seen in the exterior of the sun. It is known as the coronal diagnostic experience (codex) and is designed to understand the outer layer of the sun in depth. This mini telescope acts like a coronagraph, which prevents the sun’s disk to imitate the total solar moon eclipse. The codex was delivered on November 5, 2024 via Space X Dragon. It was imposed on ISS on November 9, 2025, using the Canadian 2 robotic arm.
Revolution in solar observation
According to NASA reports, the unique design of the codex contains a disk in the size of tennis balls with three metal -made weapons. It allows it to stop severe sunlight when imaging unconscious Corona. The first photos were revealed on June 10, 2025, at the meeting of the American Astronomy Society in Alaska. These include coronal streams and footage images of temperature fluctuations in the outdoor corona in several days. It offers a new context on solar dynamics.
Measuring solar air as never before
Codex is unlike the previous coronography because this is the first to measure both solar air speed and temperature. The sun has a permanent flow of super hot particles. With the help of four tight band filters, which are used to determine two temperatures and two speeds, astronomers compare the flashes to de -code, which helps to solve the mystery how the solar air reaches 1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit.
Deal with the challenge of solar season
To know the solar wind, it is very important to predict the geographical storms created by the coronal holes. Shortly afterwards, the storm was observed on June 13, 2025 and June 25, 2025, causing the events to cause Auras. After improving solar air analysis, the codecs can help reduce and predict such obstacles.
Timely launch between the solar peak
NASA’s Kodax started operations at a suitable moment, just as the current solar reaches more and more. Since the sun’s magnetic field changes during the solar war zone, Kodax is ready to catch important data that can change our understanding of the weather in space.
