NASA's Parker Probe Captures Jaw-Dropping Footage of Massive Solar Eruption
TL;DR
NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured up-close footage of a massive solar eruption, featuring a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) that took place last year. CMEs are explosions of super-hot plasma from the Sun's atmosphere that can cause disruptions on Earth. The CME that struck the Parker Solar Probe was one of the most powerful ever recorded. The probe, designed to study the Sun, survived the CME and collected valuable data on particle acceleration. Scientists also studied the interaction between the CME and interplanetary dust to improve space weather forecasting.
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