Nasa parker solar probe records closest cme ever nasa shared footage

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) of the US Space Agency NASA (NASA) has set a record! It flew very close to the Sun during a solar explosion. This has become the first spacraft to do so. The incident is reported to be in September last year. It was extremely close to the Sun during the coronal mass ejacation (CM) emanating from the Sun. The data that has been achieved from the incident can help scientists to study the initial stage of the CM and the details of the solar plasma. Parker Solar Probe was launched in the year 2018. NASA According to, CME i.e. coronal mass ejections throw out billions of tons of plasma, which move at a speed of 100 to 3 thousand kilometers per second. They can harm things coming on their way. After hitting the magnetic field of the earth, they can be ruined even satellites.

Another First! Our parker solar probe flew through an eruption from the sun, and it “vacuuming up” space dust left over from the formation of the Solar System. It’s giving @Nasasun Scientists a better look at space weather and its potential effects on Earth.… pic.twitter.com/acwlxoli6m

– Nasa (@nasa) September 18, 2023

If you want to understand CME in more easy language, these are large clouds of solar plasma. After the solar explosion, clouds spread to the sun’s magnetic field in space. They expand due to moving in space and often reach a distance of several lakh miles. Many times they collide with the magnetic field of planets. When their direction is towards the earth, they can cause geo magnetic disturbances. Due to these, satellites can cause short circuits. Power grid may affect. They can also danger the astronauts present in the Earth’s orbit.

However, Parker Solar Probe captured the CME incident on 5 September last year. The Sweap Instrument in Parker saw particles traveling up to 1,350 km per second speed. The study associated with this has been published in ‘The Astrophysical Journal’. Scientists say that this CME is the nearest CME seen so far in the Sun. According to scientists, such a big CME was not seen earlier in the place where Parker Solar Probe is.

The study also states that the Paraker Sol Prob’s heat shield, radiators and thermal protection systems maintained its temperature to avoid the loss of CME.

Scientists have not known much about the Sun. Solar incidents have accelerated in recent years. The reason for this is the solar cycle, which has stimulated the sun. This is called solar maximum. The round of these incidents happening in the Sun will continue till 2025.