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Agence France-Presse on MSNSkimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threatsEruptions of plasma piling atop one another, solar wind streaming out in exquisite detail -- the closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.Captured by the Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to our star starting on December 24,
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What Secrets Did Parker Solar Probe Uncover Inside the Sun’s Turbulent Atmosphere?Is it possible to look into the very heart of the Sun and not blink? NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has approached closer than any ship ever to emerge from Earth’s shadow, taking photos and data just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the sun a feat that took audacity as well as the most
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time-lapses of the flares in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage c
Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena.
“Some point in the last five years or so, we crossed an invisible line where it became cheaper to generate power from the sun and the wind than it did from setting coal and gas and oil on fire. That's an epochal moment in human history,” McKibben said.
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured a "tube of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun’s magnetic field," according to ESA. See it "slither" in these time-lapsed views. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team;
The Lime Kiln project, developed by Chaberton Energy and owned by Pivot Energy, has built more than 5,000 solar panels across 13 acres. The panels were officially turned on in April.