26 February 2021, 5:13 am EST By
Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow — light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the nightside.
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Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally released the stunning image captured by the space agency's Parker Solar Probe, and a spacecraft sent to study our host star.
Solar Probe Captures Venus
In a blog post published by NASA, the space agency explained the importance of the unique planet in our solar system, saying that it's vital for making sure the solar probe can fly further to the Sun and capture some details that our scientists are yet to uncover.