A Chinese-German team of scientists have identified the magnetic structures in the solar corona where the fast solar wind originates. Using images and Doppler maps from the Solar Ultraviolet ...
WASHINGTON – Images from NASA-funded telescopes aboard a Japanese satellite have shed new light about the sun’s magnetic field and the origins of solar wind, which disrupts power grids, satellites and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth, it triggers ...
A spacecraft plunging into the sun’s atmosphere has revealed the likely source of powerful blasts of plasma in fast solar winds. The solar wind — the steady stream of charged particles flowing from ...