New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the sun.

Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful ...

Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October 2003 (now called ...

New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun.

Since the corona is dimmer than the Sun's surface, it's challenging to observe. It's visible during total solar eclipses when ...

William H. Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, ...

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s atmosphere, gathering crucial data about our closest star. The Parker Solar Probe is an engineering marvel, built to withstand ...

The large golden aura is formed from the incoming light reflected off the sun-side of the occulter, a device that blocks the ...

Nour Rawafi, the project scientist for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission, explained, “Honestly, we don’t know” how likely it is to be hit by a similarly severe storm. Rawafi believes that ...

In fact, one particular solar probe was only able to beat Helios 2's record in 2018. Given the physics of lightspeed travel, the Parker probe almost sounds like science fiction. Although it doesn ...

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