🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE If you could stand on the Sun and look out at Earth and the other planets, what would it look like?
By getting so incredibly close to the Sun, NASA'sis able to provide valuable new information about these phenomena, which can agitate Earth's magnetic field, triggering serious disruptions to satellites, communications networks, and power systems.
“Imagine being able to stand on the Sun and gaze toward the stars,” said Nour Raouafi, Parker Solar Probe project scientist,From a perspective very close to the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe saw most of the solar system’s planets on June 7, 2020. It recorded this view of the scene, which consists of a pair of images stitched together. The probe is just to the right of the Sun and looking beyond it to the planets.
From the composite image alone, it may be a little difficult to picture the probe's location relative to the Sun and the planets. This diagram might help: On its orbit, shown by the green loops in the overall diagram, the spacecraft is just to the right of the Sun. As seen in the inset, the probe's heat shield is pointing toward the Sun. And its wide-field imaging instrument, which consists of inner and outer telescopes, is gazing out into the solar system. The slightly brighter region between the fields of view shows where the views of the two telescopes overlap.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
The Next Pangea: What Earth’s Future Supercontinent Will Look Like🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE Pangea wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. Take a look ahead at the shape of the world to come.
Read more »
Chicago First Alert Weather: Sun peeks through cloudsAccording to CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon, Tuesday will start off mostly clear with temperatures in the low 50s, which is well above average for this time of year.
Read more »
What Would Happen If the Earth Stopped Spinning?🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE The thought experiment reveals just how important our planet’s rotation really is.
Read more »
Bitcoin pushes past $30,000 as investors eye end of rate risesMajor cryptocurrency bitcoin breached the key $30,000 level for the first time in 10 months on Tuesday, adding to its steady gains as investors raised bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon end its aggressive monetary tightening campaign.
Read more »
Earth's Core Appears to Be Wrapped in an Unexpected, Ancient StructureScientists have stitched together the most high-resolution map yet of the underlying geology beneath Earth's Southern Hemisphere, revealing something previously undiscovered: an ancient ocean floor that may wrap around the core.
Read more »
Earth’s core seems to be surrounded by enigmatic layer, geologists sayThe jagged region sits at the boundary between liquid core and solid mantle, and it might be the remnants of ancient seafloor.
Read more »