The Solar Orbiter spacecraft spotted a ‘hedgehog’ on the sun
New images are from the ESA-NASA mission’s closest flyby yet of our star
![an image of a 'hedgehog,' a newly found feature on the sun that appears to radiate spiky jets of cooler gas against a background of hotter plasma](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/053122_lk_solar-orbiter_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Meet the “hedgehog,” a newly found feature on the sun that appears to radiate spiky jets of cooler gas against a background of hotter plasma. This spiky feature is in the bottom third of the image, below the center.
EUI team/Solar Orbiter/ESA and NASA