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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Parker: The Solar System from Near the Sun
Explanation: If you watch long enough, a comet will appear. Before then, you will see our Solar System from inside the orbit of Mercury as recorded by NASA 's Parker Solar Probe looping around the Sun . The video captures coronal streamers into the solar wind , a small Coronal Mass Ejection , and planets including, in order of appearance, Mercury , Venus , Saturn , Earth , Mars , and Jupiter . Between the emergence of Earth and Mars, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appears with a distinctive tail. The continuous fleeting streaks are high energy particles from the Sun impacting Parker's sideways looking camera . The featured time-lapse video was taken last year during Encounter 21 , Parker's 21st close approach to the Sun. Studying data and images from Parker are delivering a better understanding of the dynamic Sun's effects on Earth's space weather as well as humanity's power grids, spacecraft, and space-faring astronauts.
Growing Gallery: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2025 March
| Date | March 31, 2025 |
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| Credit |
Video Credit: NASA , JHUAPL , Naval Research Lab , Parker Solar Probe ; h/t: Richard Petarius III ; Music: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 by N. Rimsky-Korsakov; Source: Musopen ; Performance: Czech National Symphony Orchestra (via Musopen); Music Credit: Wikimedia Commons |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |