Parker Solar Probe Captures Solar Wind U-Turn

NASA's Parker Solar Probe got really close to the Sun, just 3.8 million miles away.

It saw something amazing: solar wind, which usually goes outward, was doing a U-turn and going back toward the Sun.

This happens because the Sun's magnetic fields get tangled and snap, creating a force that pulls some of the solar material back.

Scientists think this is important because it helps them understand how the Sun recycles its energy and matter.

This can also help us predict space weather, which can affect satellites and even people in space.

The probe's mission is to learn more about how the Sun's outer atmosphere gets so hot and how it sends out solar wind.