Posted on 01/05/2022 4:10:38 PM PST by BenLurkin
A new video of solar streamers evokes the streaking stars seen during spacecraft hyperdrives in "Star Wars."
The new NASA video from the Parker Solar Probe shows these mysterious sun structures up close for the first time, flowing past the spacecraft like interstellar fireflies. Previously, we could only catch a glimpse of streamers during solar eclipses.
But with Parker specially shielded for heat-searing passes by the sun, the spacecraft has been making daring approaches closer and closer to our starry neighbor, finally reaching inside the corona during an April flyby.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Did you notice the velocity figures at the lower left corner? That thing got up to 150 km/sec! That’s more than 300,000 mph!
Obviously, the Sun should be wearing a face mask.
They’ve gone plaid.😅
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