NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach a new top speed of 430,000 miles per hour during a close pass of the Sun, making it the fastest object in the solar system.
University of Michigan researchers are preparing cameras, weather balloons, radio antennas and other scientific instruments, as well as young citizen scientist collaborators, for this opportunity. The next total solar eclipse won't come to the U.S. for another 20 years.
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The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the sun s outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moon s silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the
The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the sun s outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moon s silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 29, 2024 - The recent spike of activity from the sun occurred during what NASA has dubbed the Heliophysics Big Year-a celebration of solar science centered on the April 8 total eclipse, the last that will be v