Ultra-high-res sun video reveals plasma whirlpools on its surface
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A new high-resolution video of the sun’s surface captured by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope shows turbulent, vortex-like plasma structures, supporting Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities and offering clues about solar magnetic energy and coronal heating.
- See detailed plasma whirlpools in new video of the sun’s surface The Washington Post
- See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet BBC
- Sharpest-ever pictures reveal the sun’s restless surface The Times
- New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet AP News
- NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Enables Major Discovery of a Hidden Solar Process NSO - National Solar Observatory
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