科学家利用位于夏威夷毛伊岛的美国国家科学基金会Daniel K. Inouye太阳望远镜，获得了有史以来分辨率最高的太阳表面图像[1]。这些图像揭示了太阳表面之前从未在如此高的分辨率水平上观察到的现象[1]。
研究团队在太阳表面发现了奇异的羽毛状涟漪图案，这些图案是由不同速度移动的磁化等离子体引起的不稳定性所致[1]。太阳物理学家Ruizhu Chen评价道："那让我想起了著名的绘画作品，比如梵高《星月夜》中的漩涡天空"[1]。研究人员Friedrich Wöger指出，这样的现象"在太阳表面还从未在那个分辨率水平上被观察过"[1]。
这项研究已于周三发表在《自然》杂志上[1]。科学家表示，这项工作的目标包括追踪日冕物质抛射，这些现象能引发太阳风暴[1]。
Scientists have captured the highest-resolution images of the sun's surface to date using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, operated by the National Science Foundation on Maui, Hawaii [1]. The observations have revealed strange feathery patterns rippling across the solar surface, which researchers attribute to instabilities caused by magnetized plasma moving at different velocities [1]. The findings were published in Nature on Wednesday and showcase physical phenomena on the sun that have never before been observed at this level of resolution [1].
Solar physicist Ruizhu Chen described the patterns in artistic terms, noting that "That reminds me of famous paintings, like the swirling skies in Van Gogh's Starry Night" [1]. Friedrich Wöger remarked that "it has not been observed ever at that level on the solar surface" [1]. The research aims to track coronal mass ejections, powerful solar events capable of triggering severe solar storms [1].