Astronomers have discovered a bizarre, new high-frequency wave on the surface of the sun. ☀️ You love space. So do we. Let’s nerd out over it together.

Humongous waves of hot plasma roiling on the surface of the sun appear to be moving at speeds as high as 4.5 million miles per hour, a new study found. The waves are so huge it would take up to 16 ...

While the Sun's visible surface is a steamy 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,538 degrees Celsius), the chromosphere, a thin layer of plasma sandwiched between the visible surface and the Sun’s outer ...

An odd type of wave has been discovered that travels backwards through the plasma that makes up the sun. But of three possible mechanisms to explain these waves, none fits the data, so they remain ...

Wave power can drive sun's intense heat. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 07 / 110727131404.htm. National Center for Atmospheric Research ...

For the first time, a certain type of solar wave was caught surfing from the sun's surface up through the star's atmosphere, lending insight into how the sun's material moves and mixes.

The sun isn’t quite the speed demon scientists once suspected. It chugs around the galactic center at a relatively pokey 83,500 kilometers per hour — or roughly 11,000 kilometers per hour ...