Why Won't it Melt? How NASA's Solar Probe will Survive the Sun

Music Credit: Smooth as Glass by The Freeharmonic OrchestraWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. NASA s observations reveal a complicated, active system not seen from Earth. Artist interpretation of a dust-free zone around the Sun. Credit: NASA Goddard/Scott Wiessinger Artist rendition of a small scale particle event on the Sun. Credit: NASA Goddard/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez and Scott Wiessinger Artist rendition of a small particle event becoming too spread out to be detected from Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard/Scott Wiessinger

Read about the latest results HEREClick here for quick link to AUDIO interview with Eric ChristianClick here for quick link to canned interview with Aleida Higginson. Click here for quick link to canned interview with Nicholeen Viall. Click here for quick link to canned interview with Eric ChristianClick here for quick link to B-ROLL associated with this live shot. Click here for Education Outreach questions and answers with Eric ChristianClick here for quick link to Education Outreach questions and answers with Aleida Higginson. NASA s mysteries from closer than ever before. With Parker, NASA is diving into the origins of solar wind — the stream of charged particles coming from the Sun — to learn more about how it behaves. The spacecraft is also looking back through time by examining space dust, cosmic crumbs left behind by passing comets and asteroids. Click here for more information about the Parker Solar Probe mission. Schedule an InterviewTo schedule an interview, please fill out our form: https://forms.gle/CJbRj3Zt9ojmZbMr5Satellite CoordinatesInterview Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MDHD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K17/Upper: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 14 Slot Upper | 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 11989.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Intro And QuestionsAnchor Intro:A MISSION TO TOUCH THE SUN…NASA’S PARKER SOLAR PROBE HAS JUST FINISHED UP ITS FIRST YEAR OF STUDYING THE SUN FROM CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE, AND THE RESULTS ARE SIZZLING HOT. TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY _ TO TELL US MORE...Main questions:NASA’s mission to touch the Sun has just returned its first results. What is Parker Solar Probe seeing from up close?We’ve heard that one of the things Parker is looking at is space dust. Is it anything like dust here on Earth?The Sun is hot! How can Parker “touch the Sun” without burning up?This mission is the closest spacecraft to the Sun. What other records will Parker Solar Probe break?NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon and beyond with its Artemis program. Could the Sun affect those travel plans?Where can we learn more about the Sun and Parker Solar Probe? Questions for longer interviews:The Sun has been pretty quiet lately. Did this period of low activity impact results from Parker Solar Probe?How does Parker Solar Probe help us understand other stars?This mission is complicated, what had to be accomplished for the Parker Solar Probe to fly?We’ve heard a lot about what’s going on up in space, how does space weather impact us on Earth?Please contact gsfc-nasamediarequest@mail.nasa.gov or 301-286-0918 if you have any questions. Canned interview with Aleida Higginson. TRT 3:42 Canned interview with Nicholeen Viall. TRT 3:50 Canned interview with Eric Christian. TRT 5:35 Audio interview with Eric Christian. TRT 1:13 B-Roll for Parker Solar Probe Live Shot. Education outreach questions and answers with Eric Christian. TRT 2:13 Education outreach questions and answers with Aleida Higginson

Discovering the Sun’s Mysteriously Hot Atmosphere Something mysterious is going on at the Sun. In defiance of all logic, its atmosphere gets much, much hotter the farther it stretches from the Sun’s blazing surface.Temperatures in the corona — the Sun’s outer atmosphere — spike to 3 million degrees Fahrenheit, while just 1,000 miles below, the underlying surface simmers at a balmy 10,000 F. How the Sun manages this feat is a mystery that dates back nearly 150 years, and remains one of the greatest unanswered questions in astrophysics. Scientists call it the coronal heating problem.Watch the video to learn how astronomers first discovered evidence for this mystery during an eclipse in the 1800s, and what scientists today think could explain it.Music credits: s outer atmosphere - is several hundred times hotter. GIF optimized for TwitterThe corona extends for millions of miles and continues outward as the solar wind, which bathes Earth and the entire solar system.