Most-detailed-ever image of sun reveals roiling waves for first time
On 14 April 2025, with just a few minutes of their allotted time remaining at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii and with clouds fast closing in that would force the closure of the observatory’s lens cover, a team of astronomers collected a series of extraordinary images – the most detailed ever recorded of the sun’s surface, known as the photosphere.
The images reveal striking wave patterns, reminiscent of those sometimes seen in clouds on Earth. Analysis of the patterns may improve our predictions of solar weather.
