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Eruptions of plasma piling atop one another, solar wind streaming out in exquisite detail -- the closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.
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What Secrets Did Parker Solar Probe Uncover Inside the Sun’s Turbulent Atmosphere?Is it possible to look into the very heart of the Sun and not blink? NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has approached closer than any ship ever to emerge from Earth’s shadow, taking photos and data just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the sun a feat that took audacity as well as the most
Sunspot 3912 erupted with an X2-class solar flare.NOAA's GOES-R satellite captures footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NOAA | edited by Steve Spaleta
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and telecommunications—are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather.