New images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal swirling plasma patterns. Scientists have observed Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on a star's surface for the first time. This phenomenon helps explain energy buildup before powerful solar eruptions occur. Understanding these events can improve space weather forecasting for Earth's technology. The discovery offers new insights into solar physics and processes on other stars.

High-spatial-resolution observations of the solar photosphere reveal a far more complex and dynamic solar scene than previously observed and show that ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz…

Strange whirlpools of plasma seen in the sharpest images ever captured of our star help explain the deep origins of Earth-threatening space weather and more

The visible surface of the Sun is defined by turmoil.