Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet https://apnews.com/article/sun-surface-solar-telescope-kelvin-heimholtz-instability-32eb28c17e8c4005dad9a5b51dd3eb2a
DumbIdeaNo2 on August 5, 2026 5:08 pm Wait, so now AP has pop ups blocking the content too? No wonder people are bailing on real news. Anyhow, that is a fascinating image. I can’t wait to see it even higher detail.
bornswell on August 5, 2026 5:56 pm An alternative source is the [NSF Inouye Solar Telescope press-release](https://nso.edu/press-release/nsf-inouye-solar-telescope-enables-major-discovery-of-a-hidden-solar-process/)
EmptyQuiescent on August 5, 2026 6:43 pm Wait, Im staring at the sun now, and I don’t see any of these swirls. /s
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Mammatas clouds from hell.
Surface? Not if it’s a gaseous plasma.
Wait, so now AP has pop ups blocking the content too?
No wonder people are bailing on real news.
Anyhow, that is a fascinating image. I can’t wait to see it even higher detail.
Article has one tiny image
An alternative source is the [NSF Inouye Solar Telescope press-release](https://nso.edu/press-release/nsf-inouye-solar-telescope-enables-major-discovery-of-a-hidden-solar-process/)
Without size reference these images feels not quite right
Wait, Im staring at the sun now, and I don’t see any of these swirls.
/s
Where the fuck are the images????
I’d love to see these, but I was told not to look at the sun.