Sun’s surface reveals Kelvin–Helmholtz whirlpools captured by the Inouye Solar Telescope
New ultra-high-resolution images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal thousands of tiny whirlpools on the Sun’s surface, providing the first direct observation of Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities on the Sun. The observed vortices, matching computer simulations, may help mix magnetic fields and contribute to heating the corona and driving space-weather events like solar flares and CMEs.