"Parker Solar Probe Captures Unprecedented Footage of Sun's Turbulent Vortex"
TL;DR
NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured footage of "vortex-like structures" in the sun's outer atmosphere, caused by a coronal mass ejection interacting with the solar wind. This discovery provides new opportunities to understand and predict CMEs, which can disrupt communications and electrical grids on Earth. The spacecraft, equipped with a 4.5-inch-thick carbon heat shield, will continue its dives into the sun's corona, reaching speeds of 430,000 miles per hour later this year.
Topics:sciencespace-science#coronal-mass-ejection#kelvin-helmholtz-instabilities#nasa#parker-solar-probe#space-science#suns-atmosphere
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