New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability

By |2026-08-06T16:44:31-04:00August 6th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What does the new sharpest image of our Sun show? Instability. To be clear, a certain kind of interactive process called the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). This instability can create waves and swirls when two streams flow past each other -- in this case variable streams of solar magnetic plasma. Long [...]