NASA spacecraft films crazy vortex while flying through sun's atmosphere
A "vortex-like structure" inside the sun's atmosphere caused by a coronal mass ejection interacting with the stellar environment.
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
The fastest spacecraft in our solar system has captured wild footage inside the sun's atmosphere.NASA's Parker Solar Probe — a craft flying much closer to the sun than any previous mission — witnessed massive "vortex-like structures" in our star's outer atmosphere, called the corona. You can see the unprecedented view below, take...
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