Next month, NASA will get an up-close view of the solar activity as the Parker Solar Probe makes its closest-ever approach to the sun.
The active period is likely to continue over the next year, which means more solar storms and spectacular auroras could be in store.
“This is definitely the season for big solar storms,” said Kelly Korreck, a program scientist in the heliophysics division at NASA.
The Parker Solar Probe in a clean room in Titusville, Fla., in 2018, after the installation of its heat shield.
In some sunspot areas, the magnetic field can be about 2,500 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field, according to NASA.
Persons:
Parker, ”, Kelly Korreck, “, auroras, Leon Neal, ” Korreck, Johns Hopkins, Ed Whitman, Korreck, —, skywatchers, Jacob Anderson, Michael Chow
Organizations:
NASA, Probe, Parker, Venus, Solar Dynamics, of, Getty, USA
Locations:
Kiruna, Sweden, American, Titusville, Fla, Texas, Alabama, of Scotland, Edinburgh, AFP, Phoenix
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