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NASA spacecraft was able to withstand an explosion on the Sun

19.09.2023

NASA's Parker space probe made a historic discovery, becoming the first vehicle to overcome a coronal mass ejection on the Sun and confirm the existence of interactions between solar particles and interplanetary dust.

The Parker solar probe passed through one of the most powerful coronal mass ejections recorded in the history of space exploration. The device's equipment for the first time recorded the interaction between charged particles ejected by the Sun and tiny dust particles inhabiting interplanetary space.

Using the large-format WISPR camera, Parker tracked the interaction of coronal mass ejection particles and dust, analyzing changes in brightness in the images. Because dust particles scatter and reflect light, areas with high concentrations of dust particles glow more brightly. The scientists calculated the average brightness in WISPR images during orbital motion and demonstrated changes in luminosity within the coronal ejection.

Although the Parker probe completed four orbits around the Sun, changes in observations were only noted during the September 5, 2022 event. This leads scientists to believe that only powerful emissions have a significant impact on the distribution of interplanetary dust. The physical mechanism of this process is still poorly understood, but understanding it is critical for predicting space weather.

Interplanetary dust is made up of tiny particles originating from asteroids, comets and even planets, and is distributed throughout the solar system. The dim light seen on Earth some days before dawn or after sunset is the result of our planet colliding with a cloud of interplanetary dust.

Already in 2003, scientists suggested that charged solar plasma particles in coronal mass ejections interact with interplanetary dust and may even push it away from the Sun. Until now, this hypothesis has remained unconfirmed, since visible manifestations of this interaction are observed only near the Sun.

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