Plasma waves spotted on sun’s surface for the first time

The highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nanometers by the Inouye Solar Telescope. At the edges of the solar granules, the image reveals fringed-looking structures that display swirling motions. Key takeaways Powered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. The Inouye Solar Telescope captured the highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface ever taken, revealing swirling motions at the edges of solar granules. Astronomers used the world’s largest solar telescope to glimpse the sun’s roiling surface in unprecedented detail, with some vortices barely 12 miles wide. The study published in Nature details the discovery of plasma vortices on the sun's surface, shedding light on the dynamic environment shaped by convection currents and magnetic fields. See more With the power of the world's largest solar telescope, astronomers have successfully glimpsed the sun's roiling surface in never-before-seen detail. In some of these new images, the cresting vortices that dot the sun are barely 12 miles wide. To put the achievement into perspective, the feat is like trying to discern George Washington's face on a quarter from roughly 74 miles away. The details of the milestone achievement are detailed in a study published today in the journal Nature .