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Sun-bombing spacecraft uncovers secrets of the solar wind

Surprise magnetic reversals and an unexpectedly fast rotating wind mark the first findings from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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A spacecraft buzzing past the Sun has caught the best-ever glimpse of the birthplace of the solar wind — the stream of energized particles that floods outwards from the star.

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Nature 576, 15-16 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03684-0

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