{"id":13520,"date":"2023-08-24T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1399246"},"modified":"2023-08-24T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:00:53","slug":"european-space-telescopes-spot-tiny-jets-that-could-power-the-solar-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=13520","title":{"rendered":"European space telescopes spot tiny jets that could power the solar wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A spacecraft has detected tiny jets that could be the elusive source of the sun\u2019s solar wind.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery was made by the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Solar Orbiter. According to ESA, the satellite is the most complex scientific lab ever&nbsp;sent to the sun.<\/p>\n<p><span>Using the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) \u2014a suite of remote-sensing telescopes \u2014&nbsp; the probe spotted jets of material emerging from the sun\u2019s outer atmosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Each jet lasts between 20 and 100 seconds. During these fleeting moments, they expel charged particles \u2014 known as plasma \u2014 at around 100km&nbsp;per second. <\/span><span>Scientists suspect the jets are powering the solar wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1399247 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"This mosaic of images shows a multitude of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun\u2019s outer atmosphere.\" width=\"3400\" height=\"2550\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3400px) 100vw, 3400px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png 3400w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-280x210.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-180x135.png 180w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-796x597.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1592x1194.png 1592w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-368x276.png 368w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-736x552.png 736w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1200x900.png 1200w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/esa-solar-orbiter-sports-solar-wind-source#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fdeep-tech%2F2023%2F08%2F24%2Fesa-solar-orbiter-sports-solar-wind-source%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: In this mosaic of images of the jets, the sun\u2019s south pole is to the left. Credit: Credit:&nbsp;ESA and&nbsp;NASA\/Solar Orbiter\/EUI Team\" data-title=\"Share In this mosaic of images of the jets, the sun\u2019s south pole is to the left. Credit: Credit:&nbsp;ESA and&nbsp;NASA\/Solar Orbiter\/EUI Team on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share In this mosaic of images of the jets, the sun\u2019s south pole is to the left. Credit: Credit:&nbsp;ESA and&nbsp;NASA\/Solar Orbiter\/EUI Team on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>In this mosaic of images of the jets, the sun\u2019s south pole is to the left. Credit: <span>Credit:&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"il\">ESA<\/span><span> and&nbsp;NASA\/Solar Orbiter\/EUI Team<\/span><\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1399247\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"This mosaic of images shows a multitude of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun\u2019s outer atmosphere.\" width=\"3400\" height=\"2550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png 3400w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-280x210.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-180x135.png 180w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-796x597.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1592x1194.png 1592w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-368x276.png 368w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-736x552.png 736w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1200x900.png 1200w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\" readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\" readability=\"12\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The &lt;3 of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The solar wind is created by the outward expansion of plasma from the Sun\u2019s outermost atmosphere. That atmosphere is known as the corona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As it sweeps through the solar system, the solar wind reaches speeds of over 1 million miles per hour. <span>When it hits Earth\u2019s magnetic field, it can create the northern lights and southern lights \u2014 as well as disruptions in GPS and communications systems. It also protects Earth from other harmful particles coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">space<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite its immense impact on the cosmos, the solar wind\u2019s origins remain mysterious. But the Solar Orbiter has shone a new light on the secrets.<\/p>\n<p>The research team gave much of the credit to the EUI instrument.<\/p>\n<p>We could only detect these tiny jets because of the unprecedented high-resolution, high-cadence images produced by EUI,\u201d said Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta, the principal author of a paper on the findings.<\/p>\n<p><span>The spacecraft will now slowly incline its orbit towards the polar regions. When that happens, it will provide another view of the solar winds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">ESA\u2019s<\/span><span> project scientist for the Solar Orbiter, Daniel M\u00fcller, hopes the new observations produce further evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s harder to measure some of the properties of these tiny jets when seeing them edge-on, but in a few years, we will see them from a different perspective than any other telescopes or observatories so that together should help a lot,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/esa-solar-orbiter-sports-solar-wind-source\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spacecraft has detected tiny jets that could be the elusive source of the sun\u2019s solar wind. The discovery was made by the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Solar Orbiter. 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