Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe Is Making History – What Was Discovered During Its “Touch” of the Sun?
The Parker Solar Probe is an exceptional mission offered by NASA and it is aimed at studying the outermost layer of the sun successfully known as the corona.
It began in 2018 and has become the closest any man made object has ever been to the sun, with the mission to increases our understanding of solar activity and it effects on Earth. During the passing through the corona the probe is moving at the speed of up to 430000 miles per hour (700000 km/h) and obtaining information about solar wind, magnetic fields and energetic particles. Studying these elements, Parker Solar Probe is to explain previously unknown facts about the Sun, for example, the means by which coronas are heated and the wind is accelerated.
This knowledge is important for enhancing the human knowledge about the space weather that could impact satellites, communication systems and the power grid on the earth. The mission is expected to contribute to major discoveries on how our solar system’s star works thus informing future studies of the Sun and more.
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