NASA probe launched a new mission to discover the source of the solar wind

During its activities, the sun sends intense plasma streams towards the earth along with the solar wind. This flow will collide with the earth’s magnetic field after 150 million kilometers and cause problems. Now scientists are looking for the factor driving these solar winds from the surface of this star.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is designed so that it can come as close as 6.5 million kilometers to the Sun. This distance is the closest distance among existing spacecraft. Now, in its latest mission, this probe has been able to measure its data by passing through energetic materials related to the Sun’s magnetic field. These data have helped scientists to discover the origin of these winds on the surface of the sun.

According to new data, solar winds are produced through the process of reconnection of magnetism. Actually, when the magnetic fields move in opposite directions and they move in or out of the surface of the sun, the process of breaking the magnetic field occurs. Then they connect to each other again and cause the charged particles to move away from the sun.

James Drake, University of Maryland documents in this regard: the movement of two magnetic fields in opposite directions will cause them to disappear. These movements produce energetic particles by releasing magnetic energy. NASA’s spacecraft has been operating in space since 2018. Also, this spacecraft is designed to sink into the Sun, which will not be an easy task. Because the surface temperature of the sun is 5500 degrees Celsius.