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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes surprising revelation about mechanism behind solar storms

Parker Solar Probe has uncovered new details about how magnetic reconnection on the Sun flings charged particles at insane speeds.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captures its closest-ever images of the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has slipped closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, and its latest flyby has now delivered the most intimate images ever captured of our star. The new views do more ...

NASA’s Parker Probe captures the exact moment solar storms are born

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct in-situ measurements of magnetic reconnection, capturing the exact 'spark' that ignites solar .

NASA probe observes two strong solar flares in 12-hour period

Two strong solar flares erupted from the sun within 12 hours of each other, according to information from NASA's Solar ...
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To Keep the Voyager 1 Spacecraft on Its Interstellar Journey, NASA Turned Off One of Its Few Remaining Instruments

The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific ...