NASA's Parker Solar Probe just became the 1st spacecraft to fly through a solar explosion, and it captured it all on camera
NASA's Parker Solar Probe just became the 1st spacecraft to fly through a solar explosion, and it captured it all on camera
NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged through a hellish solar eruption to capture its mysterious swirlings on film.
That is so cool! Any insight into what is transmitting the sound being picked up by the mics? Is there just enough material surrounding the probe to pick up the shock wave?
It sounds like space wind
That’s fire yo
Is that the Milky Way at 0.22?... Wow!
I thought that too when I saw it. But I believe the Parker solar probe only looks at the sun. That was probably a huge disruption on the surface of the sun, similar to the little spots that are seen before and after, but on a much larger scale.
Could that have been the site of the eruption that caused the plume that the probe flew through?
Various members of my family worked on this instrument - super cool to see it in the news!