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The Mystery at the Center of the Solar System
www.theatlantic.com ^ | 7:00 AM ET 12/05/2019 | Marina Koren

Posted on 12/05/2019 10:03:36 AM PST by Red Badger

For a little NASA spacecraft, the weather outside is frightful.

The Parker Solar Probe is on a mission toward the sun. The spacecraft has been exposed to scorching temperatures and intense sunlight as it draws closer with every loop around. Eventually, Parker will glide through the star’s outer atmosphere and feel the toastiness of nearly 2 million degrees Fahrenheit (more than 1 million degrees Celsius).

Parker is dressed appropriately for the journey. It wears a thick, custom-made shield to protect its scientific instruments and systems, and tubes with flowing water to cool itself down. Inside, it is a cozy 78 degrees Fahrenheit (26 degrees Celsius). Since it set out last summer, Parker has made three sweltering passes of the sun, with many more still to come in the next five years. And its findings are already surprising scientists back home.

One of the earliest scientific discoveries about the sun was also the most significant: The Earth was not the center of the universe, but orbited the sun. In the centuries since Copernicus redrew the cosmic map, scientists have traveled closer to the heart of the solar system, first with telescopes, then with satellites and spacecraft. They learned about the nuclear fusion that powers our star and countless others and, with the discovery of exoplanets, realized that many stars could be someone else’s sun. Today, our understanding of the sun and its subtle mechanisms is more sophisticated than ever before, but it remains incomplete.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: astronomy; electricuniverse; eugeneparker; parkersolarprobe; science
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To: Red Badger

It was Ms Scarlett with the Candle stick in the Boiler room.


21 posted on 12/05/2019 12:01:09 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger
Scientists also found that shifts in the sun’s magnetic field speed up the particles flowing away from the sun much faster than any of their models had predicted.

What? You’re saying models might be wrong? But the “settled science”, climate change, tin hats only use models! They have abandoned Scientific Method because their hallucinations could never pass the required disciplines of Scientific Method! Their “settled science” depends on consensus, not science!

22 posted on 12/05/2019 12:14:47 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: treetopsandroofs
That's because the Sun is soft. See it says so right here on Daffy Duck, The Marvin Missions.
Daffy Lands on the sun then jumps around and says " Ouch, Ouch,Ouch".

23 posted on 12/05/2019 12:24:49 PM PST by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: phs3
Solar winds? Huh?


24 posted on 12/05/2019 1:45:09 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: CodeToad

Besides the sun is dark at night and would have no effect on the earth.....


25 posted on 12/05/2019 5:27:59 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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