Ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities driving plasma mixing on the Sun

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10871-3

High-spatial-resolution observations of the solar photosphere reveal a far more complex and dynamic solar scene than previously observed and show that ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities drive plasma mixing on the Sun.