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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

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

By Liz Kruesi

- More than 2 years ago

A spacecraft has spied a spiky “hedgehog” on the sun and watched a solar flare in ways never done before.