Solar Orbiter Captures Dazzling Images of the Sun's Chaotic Activity

The Solar Hedgehog

Image: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team

ESA scientists were excited to see what they have dubbed “the Solar Hedgehog.” The image was captured on March 30. According to the ESA, the Solar Hedgehog is a 25,000-kilometer (15,500-mile) expanse of plasma with different areas that are hotter and cooler, and the task now is to study this region more thoroughly.

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