Sunday, May 11, 2008

The Solar Probe




Closer to the Sun



Credit: NASA/John Hopkins University


The Solar Probe, that will be build based on the experiences with Messenger, will try to shed some light on the following topics:

- structure and dynamics of the magnetic fields at the sources of solar wind;
- flow of energy that heats the corona and accelerates the solar wind;
- mechanisms accelerating and transporting energetic particles;
- exploring dusty plasma near the sun and its influence on solar wind and energetic particle formation.





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