Using the #InouyeSolarTelescope and computer simulations, researchers from #NationalSolarObservatory, #mpsgoettingen and #HighAltitudeObservatory reveal tiny vortices on the Sun’s surface that have never been seen before.
They are interpreted as signs of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities.
Published today in the journal #Nature
Read more here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/tiny-vortices-discovered-on-the-sun-s-surface
Link to Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10871-3
video credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS