The Sun is a magnetically active rotating star. Simultaneous observations with the STEREO and SDO space missions reveal solar analogues of planetary Rossby waves that will help forecast space weather.
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Mathis, S. Solar physics: Weather of the magnetic Sun. Nat Astron 1, 0096 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0096
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