Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles

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During its first two orbits around the sun, the Parker Solar Probe found a surprising variety of activities from the zippy particles that fly out in advance of the solar wind and can disrupt space travel and communications on Earth. In this video, Princeton’s David McComas, principal investigator of the ISʘIS instrument suite, helps explain what they found.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/12/04/suns-close-reveals-atmosphere-hopping-highly-energetic-particles