The patterns match what physicists expect from Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, a shear-driven effect seen in many fluids and plasmas but not previously resolved at such fine scales on...

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.…

New footage of the Sun’s visible surface shows tiny swirling, vortex-like patterns in never-before-seen detail. Astronomers captured the highest-resolution images yet of the…