New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Scientists using the US National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope made a major breakthrough in solar physics. They discovered Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI) - tiny swirling patterns like small whirlpools - on the surface of the Sun. It's said that the finding could help explain explosive solar activity and other solar phenomena.

The "groundbreaking" discovery was announced by the US National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO) in a press release on Wednesday, August 5.

It said the new findings could "fundamentally change how we understand the physical mechanisms driving solar activity and its impacts on life on Earth."

An effect caused by fluid motion, Kelvin-Helmholtz Ins...