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Scientists discover Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun
Scientists using the NSF Inouye Solar Telescope discovered Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the Sun, shedding light on solar activity and space weather.
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New adaptive optics shows details of our star's atmosphere
Scientists from the U.S. NSF National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology produced the finest images in the Sun’s corona to date. Using a new 'coronal adaptive optics' system that removes blur caused by Earth's atmosphere, their ground-breaking results were recently published in Nature Astronomy…