Parker Solar Probe has pulled back the curtains on the Sun’s dazzling corona in the past few years. It has revealed a new mystery that could fundamentally change our understanding of the star at the center of our Solar System. It’s a discovery that could help scientists rewrite their models to model space weather and our Sun’s role in the evolution of stars like ours. The revelation came in a new study published in the journal Nature. Parker’s FIELDS instrument spotted “reversals” in the direction of the magnetic field embedded in the flow of solar wind that passes over the … Continue reading Parker Solar Probe Discovers New Puzzle About the Sun