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Hawaii telescope captures swirling, vortex-like patterns on sun’s surface - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Business and EconomyBy Reuters8/5/20261 min read
WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun’s visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases reminiscent of the shapes depicted in the nocturnal sky in Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 …
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- Astronomers have captured the highest-resolution images to date of the sun's visible surface, revealing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases.
- The images were obtained using a telescope based in Hawaii, marking a significant advance in solar observation capabilities.
- The observed patterns in the sun's gases have been compared to the flowing, spiraling shapes depicted in Vincent van Gogh's 1889 painting of a nocturnal sky.
- The imagery focuses on the sun's photosphere, its visible surface layer, where superheated gases produce dynamic, turbulent movement.
- The observations were reported from Washington, highlighting the international interest in the findings from this Hawaii-based instrument.
WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun’s visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases reminiscent of th