NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies close to the sun, spots origin of 'fast' solar winds
's Parker Solar Probe made a key discovery that unveiled the source of fast solar winds. In December 2021, the probe 'touched the Sun', measuring p...
's Parker Solar Probe made a key discovery that unveiled the source of fast solar winds. In December 2021, the probe 'touched the Sun', measuring particles and magnetic fields as it flew through the star's upper atmosphere . The probe was launched in 2018 to study the heating of the solar corona, and to investigate what accelerated solar wind. Solar winds are a stream of highly charged particles that are emitted from the sun's outer atmosphere(corona) and spreads across the solar system. Fast solar winds have been a mystery for decades.