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science17 days ago•19 min saved

Maui’s Sun-Telescope: how a 3.6-ton mirror stays cool enough to image the Sun

On Maui’s Haleakalā, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope uses a 3.6-ton Zerodur primary mirror and a seven-mile Dynalene coolant loop across 13 independent temperature zones; a heat-stop dumps about 95% of the incoming heat from a 12 kW beam, with nightly ice cooling to prevent overheating, enabling the sharpest solar images yet (roughly 20 km resolution) and revealing fine-scale solar features while funding questions loom over its operation.

via Autonocion.com|

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space18 days ago•156 min saved

Sun's Sharpest-Ever Image Reveals Kelvin-Helmholtz Swirls

Scientists using the NSF Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sun’s sharpest-ever surface image, revealing intricate swirl patterns at the edges of magnetic regions that indicate Kelvin-Helmholtz instability; the findings, published in Nature, mark a major advance in understanding solar and stellar plasma dynamics.

via Space|

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science20 days ago•6 min saved

Sun Reveals Magnetic Whirlpools in Ultra-Clear Solar Images

Ultra-detailed images from the Inouye Solar Telescope show Kelvin-Helmholtz swirl patterns in the Sun’s magnetic field, with vortices about 50–65 kilometers apart. These twisting motions transfer and concentrate magnetic energy, potentially fueling solar eruptions such as flares and coronal mass ejections, which can affect space weather and threaten power grids and satellites.

via boingboing.net|

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science20 days ago•5 min saved

Sun Image Unmasks Tiny Plasma Vortices in Record-Sharp Visible-Light View

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest visible-light image of the Sun to date, revealing tiny plasma vortices formed by Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the Sun’s surface and confirming a long-predicted phenomenon, with implications for solar energy transfer to the corona and space weather.

via WIRED|

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space22 days ago•164 min saved

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.

via Live Science|

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science-space23 days ago•203 min saved

Sun’s surface whirlpools revealed by ultra-high-resolution telescope

Using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope near Maui, scientists captured the Sun’s visible surface in unprecedented detail, revealing Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities—tiny swirling vortices along magnetic boundaries—that could explain why the Sun’s outer atmosphere (the corona) is hotter than its surface and how magnetic energy is built, released and transported to drive solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The observations align with advanced simulations and may improve space-weather forecasting that affects satellites and power grids.

via CNN|

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science23 days ago•46 min saved

Sun's surface reveals tiny plasma vortices captured in unprecedented detail

Using the world’s largest solar telescope, astronomers captured the Sun’s visible surface at unprecedented resolution, revealing vortices as small as about 12 miles wide at the edges of solar granules and linking them to Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities driven by convection and magnetic fields, shedding light on the dynamic processes shaping the Sun’s photosphere.

via Yahoo|

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science23 days ago•6 min saved

Sun Surface Reveals Ubiquitous Whirlpools in New High-Res Images

High-resolution images from the NSF’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope show Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities across the Sun’s magnetic boundaries, revealing ubiquitous small-scale whirlpools that may help mix plasma and magnetic fields, influence energy transport, and contribute to understanding space weather; findings published in Nature.

via ScienceAlert|

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science23 days ago•8 min saved

Sun's surface revealed in ultra-high-resolution images

Scientists using Hawaii's Inouye Solar Telescope captured the Sun's surface in the highest-resolution images yet, showing swirling vortices that twist magnetic energy and drive space weather that can affect Earth’s power grids and satellites; the observations, published in Nature, help explain energy transport in the Sun and could improve weather forecasting.

via BBC|

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science1 year ago•2 min saved

Powerful Solar Telescope Captures First Detailed Monster Flare

The NSF Inouye Solar Telescope captured its first X-class solar flare in unprecedented detail, revealing structures like tiny coronal loops at scales as small as 21 kilometers, providing new insights into the Sun's most energetic eruptions and magnetic reconnection processes.

via ScienceAlert|

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science1 year ago•3 min saved

Scientists Capture the Most Detailed Images of Solar Flares Yet

Scientists captured the most detailed images of a solar flare ever using the Inouye Solar Telescope, revealing plasma loops as small as 13 miles across, which could enhance understanding of solar flare mechanics and magnetic reconnection.

via Live Science|

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science1 year ago•2 min saved

Inouye Solar Telescope Captures Record-Breaking Solar Flare and Coronal Loop Details

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest resolution images of coronal loops during a solar flare, revealing that these loops are much thinner than previously thought, with implications for understanding magnetic reconnection and solar activity.

via IFLScience|

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science1 year ago•5 min saved

Inouye Solar Telescope Captures Stunning Solar Flare and Loop Images

The Inouye Solar Telescope captured the highest-resolution images of a solar flare, revealing ultra-fine coronal loops as small as 21 km, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of solar magnetic structures and flare mechanisms.

via Phys.org|

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