NASA and space agencies of other countries have also been watching the Sun for decades. But the coronagraph on Aditya-L1 has a slight advantage over other missions' equipment.
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has made remarkable strides in space exploration with missions like Chandrayaan to the Moon, Mangalyaan to Mars, and the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission.
Aditya-L1 mission was launched in September ... Named after the Hindi word for Sun, this mission follows ISRO's achievement of being the first country to successfully land on the Moon's south ...