There currently isn't enough data to favor triggers at the sun's surface over turbulence in the solar wind as the cause of switchbacks, however. "Parker Solar Probe's upcoming trips into the sun ...

Such switchbacks have previously been hypothesized, as other spacecraft including NASA's Parker Solar Probe have detected sudden reversals in the magnetic field in the sun's vicinity. These ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has found news clues in the longstanding ... This could distort magnetic waves into switchbacks near the sun. If some of those waves lose steam before they exit the ...

Those approaches also revealed the existence of switchbacks within the ... not end with this approach. The Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to fly by the sun at the same distance twice more next ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas ... such as the surprise discovery of magnetic “switchbacks” that help propel the solar wind ...

That includes the discovery of magnetic switchbacks that propel ... like a coronal mass ejection, when Parker Solar Probe is very close to the sun, that would be fantastic,” Rawafi said.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took ...

"These waves originate near the sun's surface and become part ... Theory of magnetic switchbacks fully supported by Parker Solar Probe observations, The Astrophysical Journal (2023).

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is ...

NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi. Here's what I know about the sun - it's big ...

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 ...