Interesting Results Today From Parker Solar Probe
NASA to Present First Findings of Solar Mission in Media Teleconference
“NASA will announce the first results from the Parker Solar Probe mission, the agency’s revolutionary mission to “touch” the Sun, during a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 4. During the teleconference, mission experts will discuss research results from four instruments on the probe, which are changing our understanding of the Sun and other stars. Their findings also will be published at 1 p.m. Wednesday on the website of the journal Nature. Teleconference audio will stream live at: https://www.nasa.gov/live“
Parker Solar Probe: We’re Missing Something Fundamental About the Sun, University of Michigan
“Our closest-ever look inside the Sun’s corona has unveiled an unexpectedly chaotic world that includes rogue plasma waves, flipping magnetic fields and distant solar winds under the thrall of the Sun’s rotation, according to University of Michigan researchers who play key roles in NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission.”
I didn’t see any follow up posts to this media event, so just posting a link to NASA’s article on the findings: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun. Worth a read.