Astronomers have taken the best-ever photos the Sun. A team researchers used a solar telescope the U.S. National Science Foundation Hawaii. The researchers took very detailed images of the Sun's surface. The pictures show amazing new details about what is happening the solar surface. In particular, the scientists pointed hundreds of spiralling areas of activity, which look twisters of fire. These might explain a lot the Sun's energy and how solar flares are created. Astronomer Dr David Boboltz was excited the photos. He called the Sun a "unique laboratory". He said: "It's our closest star, and it can help us understand some very basic laws physics."
The new high-resolution images are the closest ever that scientists have zoomed on the Sun. The photographs show a 5,000-km-wide area our closest star. Scientists are particularly interested photos that show what happens the borders between the dark and bright regions of the Sun. This is where huge spirals of fire are created. It happens when two fluids move different speeds and meet, causing a build-up energy. A similar thing happens Earth, but ocean water, not fire. You can see this ocean waves. Dr Boboltz said: "Once there's enough energy, it can then be released as a solar flare." He said the photos could help us to "figure and eventually predict space weather".
