Exploring the solar wind with a new view of small sun structures – Science Daily

Scientists have combined NASA data and cutting-edge image processing to gain new insight into the solar structures that create the Sun’s flow of high-speed solar wind, detailed in new research published today in The Astrophysical Journal. This first look at relatively small features, dubbed “plumelets,” could help scientists understand how and why disturbances form in the solar wind.The Sun’s magnetic influence stretches billions of miles, far past the orbit of Pluto and the planets, defined by…

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