New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker ...

New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA’s Parker ...

Parker Solar Probe observed a rare sunward plasma jet Protons accelerated ~1,000x by magnetic reconnection Direct observation enhances solar wind and space weather models ...

This quantitative model can be used to predict magnetic field variations ... it in the solar wind model and explain the coronal heating mechanism." One of the current models in the Space Weather ...

An artist’s concept of the heliospheric current sheet, which becomes ... the sun has a clear bipolar magnetic field with fast and relatively undisturbed solar wind" Dorrian said.

They found that the sharply oscillating magnetic field smooths out to gentle waves while accelerating the surrounding solar wind, according to a University of Michigan-led study published in The ...

"The energy contained in the solar wind is utterly ... of change. "The magnetic field periodically undergoes periods of time when it is stronger or weaker, and this (current) weakening is well ...

When the sun reaches its period of peak activity, known as solar maximum ... As the sun's magnetic field shifts, the "current sheet" — a sprawling surface that radiates billions of miles ...

They conclude that the web’s magnetic field draws hot plasma from the middle corona, releasing energy and driving the solar wind. Although the current study analyzed only two holes from 2018 ...

These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar ... of how magnetic reconnection at the heliospheric current sheet (HCS), where the interplanetary field reverses ...