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Tiny vortices discovered on the sun’s surface: The world’s largest solar telescope made small vortices visible that are changing our understanding of the sun

14 days ago by beep to c/space

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Scientists using the NSF Inouye Solar Telescope discovered Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the Sun, shedding light on solar activity and space weather.
deadbeef79000 3 points 14 days ago

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Relatively speaking that is:

the average distance between vortices, known as the “instability wavelength,” ranged between 50–65 km

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