Messenger and Stereo Open New Window Into Solar Processes
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Understanding the sun from afar isn't easy. How do you figure out what powers solar flares - the intense bursts of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots - when you must rely on observing only the light and particles that make their way to near-Earth's orbit? One answer: you get closer. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft - which orbits Mercury, and so is as ... more
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