# Astronomers finally resolve the sun’s miniature plasma whirlpools, each barely 20 kilometers wide

Twenty kilometers across. That was the threshold scientists needed to reach on the solar surface before they could spot what they were hunting for, and it happens to sit right at the ceiling of what the biggest solar telescope on the planet can manage. They pulled it off. Working with the NSF Daniel

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| Published | 9 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/astronomers-finally-resolve-the-suns-miniature-plasma-whirlpools-each-barely-20-kilometers-wide/