Meanwhile, on the Sun's surface…

Stunning New Images Reveal Whirlpools on the Sun's Surface. The Swirling Structures Might Help Power Solar Flares smithsonianmag.com

New images show whirlpools turning in the Sun's visible surface, seen directly for the first time. The vortices appear to braid magnetic field lines together, which may be how energy piles up before a flare and how the outer atmosphere ends up millions of degrees hotter than the surface below it.