Parker Solar Probe Discovers Source of Solar Wind
The New York Times defines the solar wind as "a million-miles-per-hour stream of electrons, protons and other charged particles rushing outward into the solar system."
Now CNN reports that the Parker Solar Probe "has uncovered the source of solar wind."
As the probe came within about 13 million miles (20.9 million kilometers) of the sun, its instruments detected fine structures of the solar wind where it generates near the photosphere, or the solar surface, and captured ephemeral details that di
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