Deb Baker

May 27, 2024 | nature.com | Stephanie L. Yardley |David Brooks |Christopher Owen |David Long |Deb Baker |Mathew J. Owens | +8 more

AbstractThe ambient solar wind that fills the heliosphere originates from multiple sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the heliosphere.