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    Touch the sun

    • Last Update: 2021-12-26
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    A spacecraft launched by NASA completed a mission that was once considered impossible


     

    The realization of this historic moment is attributed to a large number of collaborations between scientists and engineers, including members of Harvard and the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), who built and monitored a key instrument on the probe: the sun cup


    The corona is the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, where a strong magnetic field confines the plasma and prevents the escape of the turbulent solar wind


    The instrument scientist in charge of the Sun Probe and CfA astrophysicist Anthony Keys said that the instrument itself is an incredible engineering feat


    According to the data collected by the cup, the spacecraft entered the corona three times on April 28, one of which lasted 5 hours


    But the success of Parker Solar Probe does not only represent technological innovation


    In addition, solar eruptions, such as solar flares and high-speed solar wind, can have a direct impact on the earth, disrupting power grids and radio communications




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