New results reveal how plasma explosions and clouds of debris can disturb spacecraft operations in…
Browsing: Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe, named after the solar physicist Eugene Parker, is a NASA spacecraft launched in August 2018 with the mission to study the Sun more closely than any previous spacecraft. Designed to plunge through the Sun’s extreme outer atmosphere, or corona, the probe aims to gather data on the mechanisms that heat the corona and accelerate the solar wind, a stream of charged particles that affects Earth and the entire solar system. By enduring extreme heat and radiation, the Parker Solar Probe utilizes a combination of thermal shielding and innovative cooling systems to survive its close passes to the Sun, coming within 4 million miles of the solar surface. Its observations and measurements provide valuable insights into solar activity and help improve forecasts of space weather events that can impact life on Earth and satellite operations in space.
SIRs and CIRs, formed by solar wind interactions, affect Earth’s space weather. Parker Solar Probe…
Parker Solar Probe’s flyby revealed Venus’ ionosphere thins near solar minimum. During a brief swing…
Parker Solar Probe Unveils Venus’ Dust Ring NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission has given scientists…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe found magnetic switchbacks in the solar wind. Scientists are debating if…
Parker Solar Probe’s solar flyby aligned with Earth-based observatories for coordinated data collection. During Parker…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus during its close flyby of the…
Looking Around the Neighborhood Though they focus on the star at the center of our…
Newly discovered “plumelets” may hold the key to understanding solar wind disturbances and their effects…
Parker Solar Probe Captured Its First Sungrazing Comet, SOHO-4063 When scientists downlinked data from Parker…
At the heart of understanding our space environment is the knowledge that conditions throughout space…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was at the right place at the right time to capture…
New analysis published April 29, 2020, in the Astrophysical Journal Letters provides a possible explanation…
NASA mission named for pioneering University of Chicago scientist produces landmark research. Last summer, NASA’s…
New data from the first two orbits by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Outbursts of energetic…
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission…
In August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft…
Parker Solar Probe is alive and well after skimming by the Sun at just 15…