There is a sort of island of complexity in the parameter space of physics where we exist in a thin film on the surface of a rock orbiting at such a distance of a star of a particular strength. It is a bit presumptuous to dismiss out of hand that this is the only possible island of complexity in the universe and there are not other sets of parameters with similar entropy-fighting characteristics.
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Dude, calm down. The offense is exclusively in your own head.
This kind of observation is a big deal for solar physics. It's been believed for decades that these small-scale (~100km and below) turbulent features are critical to understanding how energy dissipates in the Sun. And thus, how sunspots and flares form. The subject has been very qualitative but is yielding on both observational and simulation fronts. I worked adjacent to this area from the 1990s-2010s, and it had bee…
This is not just about the Sun. As we progress towards developing nuclear fusion reactors, a better understanding of the underlying physics may have practical implications for reactor design and could even reveal factors currently being overlooked. At the very least, it will improve modelling. Better models could help fusion reactors retain heat for longer and increase fusion gain (Q), while reducing uncertainty, improving plasma-edge control, and predicting divertor heat loads more accurately.
Yes, just 0.5nm of spectrum in the instrument used ( https://dkist.virtualsolar.org/vanNoortfastcam/ , see under “DataSetDescriptions.pdf”). If the pixels really are 20x20km, located at 1AU, I get 500k photons (within that bandpass) per pixel per frame at 740 Hz, not counting optical losses. Space solar instruments like HMI on SDO ( https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sdo/ ) have one or more pre-filters in front of the…
740hz is the frame rate you’re capturing at?
Not “me,” but yes, that’s the rate quoted in the document I linked about the instrument that captured the images in OP.