NASA's probe soaring near sun reveals surprises about solar wind

FILE PHOTO: NASA's Parker Solar Probe launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Brown

Researchers on Wednesday described the first published findings from the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft launched in 2018 to journey closer to the sun than any other human-made object. The findings, offering fresh details about how the sun spawns space weather, are reshaping astronomers’ understanding of violent solar wind that can hamper satellites and electronics on Earth.

Earth is roughly 93 million miles from the sun. The probe ventured as close as 15 million miles to the sun to gather the data used in the studies published in the journal Nature. The probe eventually will travel within about 4 million miles from the sun’s surface, seven times closer than any previous spacecraft.

Oscillations in the speed of these charged particles beaming outward from the solar corona have previously been thought to dissipate gradually, much like the waves seen after plucking a guitar string fading from the middle.

Might help explain “global warming”.

dont seem right i hampers satellites but this one dont seem to have trouble getting closer than the ones in orbit hmm

Did they go at night?

Oh, I wouldn’t want to be in Geography class again...

I have some violent solar wind this morning..

Probes going to the sun... so hot right now 😜

How?🤔 so many questions?👀

This is impressive So many questions

🚀

How does it withstand the heat? What is it made fromv

Is this how big is sun

Jesus could touch the sun with his dick if he wanted to but it might burn

Proving that space aliens are real!

That is a fascinating read.

lameness terms please. I understand this better, that we are building heat shielding that can get closer to the sun.

wherethemoon zoombyh&h&hhhhhhh

Well, what can I say to this except...?

Lemme guess. It affects climate change on earth? Probably a lot more than we previously thought? 🙄

...the sun just blames it on Mercury?

Parker Solar Probe Rules!!! Possibly one of the greatest achievements of mankind. 93 million miles! into a star! For Science!

'It's getting hot in here '.....

well yes they change weather patterns and course floods and ice melts // sun solar equinox /// 25 to 50 years !

All Hail RA

The ... wind ... is ... REALLY HOT. And windy.

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