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Will Parker Solar Probe discover new insights on solar wind dynamics by end of 2025?
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Enters Sun's Corona at 6.1 Million km, Survives 2,500°C Temperatures
Dec 27, 2024, 08:15 AM
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object, passing within 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) of the solar surface on December 24. The spacecraft flew into the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, enduring extreme temperatures of up to 2,500 degrees Celsius and reaching speeds of around 700,000 kilometers per hour. This marks the first time a human-made object has flown into the solar corona, achieving a distance ten times closer than Mercury. Launched in 2018, the probe aims to uncover the secrets of the Sun, and NASA confirmed that the spacecraft is safe and operating normally. Scientists eagerly await the unprecedented data it will transmit from this uncharted territory, beginning on January 1.
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Yes • 50%
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Data not yet analyzed • 25%
No significant new information • 25%
Confirms previous solar wind models • 25%
New insights on solar wind origins • 25%
Improved solar storm prediction • 25%
Discovery of new solar particles • 25%
Other breakthrough • 25%
New understanding of solar wind • 25%
Solar wind • 25%
Solar corona heating • 25%
Coronal mass ejections • 25%
Solar flares • 25%
Significant impact on solar cycle understanding • 25%
No impact on solar cycle understanding • 25%
Minimal impact on solar cycle understanding • 25%
Moderate impact on solar cycle understanding • 25%
Coronal mass ejections • 25%
Sunspots • 25%
Solar wind • 25%
Solar flares • 25%
New insights into the sun's corona temperature • 25%
Discovery of new solar phenomena • 25%
Other major discovery • 25%
Significant new data on solar wind • 25%
Solar wind behavior • 25%
Corona heating mechanisms • 25%
Other • 25%
Magnetic field dynamics • 25%