Parker Solar Probe findings: Rotational solar wind flow and rogue magnetic waves

Our closest-ever look inside the sun's corona has unveiled an unexpectedly chaotic world of rogue plasma waves, flipping magnetic fields and distant solar winds under the thrall of the sun’s rotation: https://news.engin.umich.edu/2019/12/were-missing-something-fundamental-about-the-sun/

These findings come from University of Michigan researchers serving key roles in NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission, and are part of the first wave of results from the probe that launched in August 2018, provide important insights into two fundamental questions the mission was designed to answer: Why does the sun's corona get hotter as your move further away from the surface? And what accelerates the solar wind—an outward stream of protons, electrons and other particles emanating from the corona.

Both questions have ramifications for how we predict, detect and prepare for solar storms and coronal mass ejections that can have dramatic impacts on Earth's power grid and on astronauts.

Justin Kasper, a professor of climate and space sciences and engineering at U-M who serves as principal investigator for Parker’s Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite.
https://clasp.engin.umich.edu/people/justin-kasper/

More info about the findings:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQAUocScw0

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