Parker Solar Probe Encounters Streamers on the Way to the Sun

As Parker Solar Probe passed through the Sun’s corona in early 2021, the spacecraft flew by structures called coronal streamers. These structures can be seen as bright features moving upward and downward in this video compiled from the spacecraft’s WISPR (Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe) instrument. Such a view is only possible because the spacecraft flew above and below the streamers inside the corona. Until now, streamers have only been seen from afar. They are visible from Earth during total solar eclipses. More: Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory