Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Discovers Tiny Jets That Could Power the Solar Wind
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: Hindustan Times Context: The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has identified numerous small jets of material emanating from the Sun’s outer atmosphere, lasting for 20 to 100 seconds and expelling plasma at speeds around 100 km/s. These jets, detected by Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument, could potentially …
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