A thought experiment shows that if the Sun disappeared instantly, Earth would lose direct sunlight after about 8 minutes 19 seconds, while a hypothetical sound‑speed signal would need roughly 13.8 years to arrive.
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New images from the Inouye Solar Telescope show swirling magnetic vortices on the Sun, offering fresh insight into the forces that drive solar flares and coronal mass ejections.