Coronal mass ejection Archives

A Pair of Sun Probes Just Got Closer to Solving a Solar Enigma

The blazing surface of the sun froths with an extremely hot electrically charged gas called plasma. The temperature at the edge of this cosmic furnace runs at about 5,500 degrees …

You’re A NASA Probe Skimming The Surface Of The Sun

by Horatio Thompson

The Parker Space Probe is described by NASA as being “about the size of a small car,” and its only goal is to fly as close to the sun as …