Effects of solar winds
Nasa launched the Parker Solar Probe on August 12, 2018, in an effort to unravel the secrets of the sun. The mission aimed at studying the sun, its atmosphere, and the solar winds. This stellar endeavor was revolutionary and one of a kind for many reasons.
What are solar winds?
Solar winds are a stream of plasma particles that are ejected from the Sun’s atmosphere. They are caused by the Sun’s magnetic field, and they can cause auroras and geomagnetic storms. In addition, this spacecraft records what happens to the sun's atmosphere, especially corona. The corona forms the solar atmosphere. The corona is the outermost layer of the solar atmosphere and is visible during a solar eclipse. This layer looks spiky and irregular. Temperatures in the corona — the tenuous, outermost layer of the solar atmosphere — spike upwards of 2 million degrees Fahrenheit, while just 1,000 miles below, the underlying surface simmers at a balmy 10,000 F. How the Sun manages this feat remains one of the greatest unanswered questions in astrophysics; scientists call it the coronal heating problem. From Earth, as we see it in visible light, the Sun’s appearance — quiet, unchanging — belies the life and drama of our nearest star. Its turbulent surface is rocked by eruptions and intense bursts of radiation, which hurl solar material at incredible speeds to every corner of the solar system.
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