NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, a mission to explore the Sun’s corona, or atmosphere. Professor Lucie Green, from MSSL, explains how the mission will explore how the sun drives the solar wind.
Sep 7th: Parking near the Sun
Tag: sun
Aug 23rd: A Bad Space Joke
Go touch that sun, Mr. Parker. A journey to meet the sun and learn from it.
Aug 22nd: Orbital Mechanics
Cheap Astronomy goes around and around the issue of orbital mechanics
Aug 18th: The Parker Solar Probe Mission
NASA just launched the Parker Solar Probe, a mission designed to get the closest we’ve ever been to the Sun.
Jul 25th: The ESA Solar Orbiter Mission: Understanding our Sun
Dr Geraint Jones ( @einionyn ) speaks to Prof Louise Harra ( @louiseharra ), Prof Chris Owen ( @SOSWAPI ), and Chris Brockely-Blatt about the European Space Solar Orbiter Mission to learn about our Sun/. #365DaysOfAstro
Jul 12th: Trailer Parks on Mercury
Where’s the best place to live on Mercury? Where did the Big Bang start? lets find out the answer here at #365DaysOfAstro
Jul 11th: Awesome Astronomy’s July Episode
Will the Parker Solar Probe really touch the surface of the sun and what science will it do?
Jun 1st: Science Communicating on Twitch!
Lets bring science on twitch with Skylias and more update including Pluto is a bunch of comet now?
Mar 21st: How Can We Save The Sun?
Bad news, our Sun is living on borrowed time. It’s only got a few billion years left. How can we save the Sun?
Jul 7th: Never assume anything, or everything
Cheap Astronomy unpacks why everyone used to think the Sun orbits the Earth