New research describing the observations waspublishedtoday in The Astrophysical Journal.
The video was taken by Metis on October 12, 2022.
Metis is the only instrument capable of seeing such subtle features of the solar wind, according an ESArelease.
The solar wind.Image: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/Metis & EUI Teams, V. Andretta and P. Romano/INAF
Solar wind is constantly hitting Earth, with particlessometimeskickstarting aurorae in our planets skies.
Well almost certainly have more remarkably intimate looks into our host star before then.
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