Key facts
- New images from the Inouye Solar Telescope provide unprecedented detail of the Sun's surface.
- The images reveal feathery patterns of instability.
- Swirling magnetic fields driving space weather are visible in the new images.
Scientists have captured unprecedentedly detailed images of the Sun's surface, revealing swirling magnetic fields that drive space weather. New images from the Inouye Solar Telescope show feathery patterns of instability on the Sun's surface.
The images offer a detailed view of the Sun's surface, highlighting the complex magnetic fields that are responsible for phenomena such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which collectively constitute space weather.