HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 1 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) carries the FIELDS instrument suite measuring electric fields, magnetic fields, plasma waves and radio emissions in the solar corona and solar wind. The PSP is the first-ever mission into a part of the solar corona.
A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a new study in The Astrophysical Journal that suggests that tiny charged dust grains near the Sun may significantly influence how energy moves through the solar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun. The discovery potentially rewrites how scientists understand why the corona is mi...