Spectacular images reveal never-before-seen whirlpools on the sun

Fading8 outlets reported this in 22 reports over 2 days - a further 14 reports reprinted copy already published elsewhere

After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten2 changes

gizmodo.comseen 8 Aug, 16:32headline rewritten
~~The Sun Looks So Hot Right Now~~These Are the Sharpest Images Ever Taken of the Sun, and They Might Solve a Decades-Old Mystery
dailythepatriot.comseen 8 Aug, 19:58article removed
last seen headline~~The world's most powerful solar telescope~~

The headline, as it mutated - 2 wordings

5 Aug, 15:00Spectacular images reveal never-before-seen whirlpools on the sun1 outlet
5 Aug, 16:15New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet18 outlets
and 3 one-off wordings

original reportingcopies

Wed, 5 August 2026peak 19 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026Thu, 6 August 2026

After the peak, new reports halved every 3 hours.

What it is about

Mihalis Mathioudakis David Kuridze National Solar Observatory Queen University Belfast Colorado, United States Hawaii, United States Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Boulder, Colorado, United States Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory David Boboltz Jacqueline Keane Friedrich Woger Ruizhu Chen Science Department Stanford University Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David Koredze Us National Solar Observatory National Solar Observatory On

Who published it, and when

original reportcopyfirst to report

scientificamerican.com

dailymail.com

somdnews.com

wiltsglosstandard.co.uk

hampshirechronicle.co.uk

stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk

tivysideadvertiser.co.uk

thetottenhamindependent.co.uk

eastlothiancourier.com

whtimes.co.uk

thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

rhyljournal.co.uk

runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk

wimbledonguardian.co.uk

northwaleschronicle.co.uk

northwichguardian.co.uk

barryanddistrictnews.co.uk

thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

5 Aug, 15:00over 28 hours6 Aug, 18:30

+ 3 more outlets · 1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 8 original reports, 14 reprints

Wed, 5 August 2026
5 reports
- scientificamerican.com15:00first to report
  Spectacular images reveal never-before-seen whirlpools on the sun
  Strange whirlpools of plasma seen in the sharpest images ever captured of our star help explain the deep origins of Earth-threatening space weather and more
- dailymail.com15:00
  Scientists capture the highest resolution observations of our sun
- gizmodo.com15:01edited after publishing
  These Are the Sharpest Images Ever Taken of the Sun, and They Might Solve a Decades-Old Mystery
  previously~~The Sun Looks So Hot Right Now~~
  Using the Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, researchers obtained the highest spatial resolution observations of the Sun’s visible surface to date.
- somdnews.com16:15
  New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
- wiltsglosstandard.co.uk16:32
  New images of the sun show its surface in finest detail yet
  14 reprints
  - hampshirechronicle.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - tivysideadvertiser.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - thetottenhamindependent.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - eastlothiancourier.com5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - whtimes.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - thetelegraphandargus.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - rhyljournal.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - wimbledonguardian.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - northwaleschronicle.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - northwichguardian.co.uk5 Aug, 16:32their copy
  - barryanddistrictnews.co.uk5 Aug, 18:30their copy
  - thisisoxfordshire.co.uk5 Aug, 18:30their copy
Thu, 6 August 2026
3 reports
- norfolkdailynews.com05:30
  New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
- dailythepatriot.com14:05
  The world's most powerful solar telescope
  Scientists have captured the most detailed images and videos of the sun's surface ever taken using the world's most powerful s
- wmur.com18:30
  New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet