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The first time NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has observed a big magnetic burst in the sun’s corona, this event could ...
In a groundbreaking discovery, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has provided scientists with an unprecedented look at a magnetic ...
Parker Solar Probe can take measurements that help scientists better understand how the region gets so hot, trace the origin of the solar wind (a constant flow of material escaping the sun), and ...
Close encounters: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 June 2025 (Courtesy: NASA/APL) NASA has confirmed that ...
Parker Solar Probe observed a rare sunward plasma jet Protons accelerated ~1,000x by magnetic reconnection Direct observation enhances solar wind and space weather models ...
"Parker Solar Probe is going to answer questions about ... to be able to carry Gene's name with us on this amazing voyage of discovery." Related: How hot is the sun? On Sept.
Parker Solar Probe can take measurements that help scientists better understand how the region gets so hot, trace the origin of the solar wind (a constant flow of material escaping the Sun), and ...
There is good news for Sun botherers: the Parker Solar Probe appears to have survived its close encounter with our nearest star. The probe was just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun as it ...
The Parker Solar Probe signaled to operators that it was still operating normally after traveling within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe signaled ...
The probe is expected to pass within 3.86 million miles of the sun on Dec. 24. The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe ...
“It’s a voyage of discovery,” said Nicky Fox ... “If the sun gives us one of these humongous explosions, like a coronal mass ejection, when Parker Solar Probe is very close to the sun, that would be ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed a close flyby of the Sun on March 22, travelling at 692,000 kilometres per hour and approaching within 6.1 million kilometres of the solar surface.