The solar probe passed through a powerful solar flare and recorded a particularly spectacular video of it.
Die “Parker Solar Probe” NASA is the man-made vehicle that comes closest to the sun. The probe flies up to 6.4 million kilometers to the surface of the sun. On September 5, 2022 she has one solar flare crossed.
A spectacular video of the event was released a few days ago. And because the “Parker Solar Probe” coronal Masseauswurf observed up close, was able to do so for the first time old theory confirmed become.
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Like a leaf blower
Two decades ago, astrophysicist Guillermo Stenborg put forward a theory that the ejections from a solar flare interplanetarem Staub to interact. Like a leaf blower, the eruption is supposed to stir up the dust and get out of the way.
The current images from the solar probe would contribute to this to confirm theory, writes NASA. The study results were published in a scientific article in the specialist magazine “The Astrophysical Journal“.
Huge speeds
The solar flare spreads the dust to a distance of around 10 million kilometers thrown away. The particles from the sun have long since mixed with the interplanetary dust.
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When passing through the eruption, the “Parker Solar Probe” found that the particles moved at a speed of up to 1,350 kilometers per second move. These are 4,860,000 km/h.
Flight through the corona
By the way, this interplanetary dust comes from Planets, Comets and Asteroids. Under certain circumstances, these particles even reflect sunlight, causing the so-called Zodiaclicht becomes visible.
The “Parker Solar Probe” already took place in August 2021 Video sent to Earth. At that time, the probe flew through the corona – the outer atmosphere of the sun. What’s particularly interesting about this video is that… Background to see our galaxy is. At 00:20 minutes in the video above you can see the Milky Way.
2023-09-23 20:14:36
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