Judging by the video quality, I’m just going to assume NASA just used a giant catapult to fling a Nokia 3310 at the sun
I’m no expert, but I assume it’s a highly specialized camera where the image quality wasn’t the priority.
That is so cool! Any insight into what is transmitting the sound being picked up by the mics? Is there just enough material surrounding the probe to pick up the shock wave?
I thought that too when I saw it. But I believe the Parker solar probe only looks at the sun. That was probably a huge disruption on the surface of the sun, similar to the little spots that are seen before and after, but on a much larger scale.
Could that have been the site of the eruption that caused the plume that the probe flew through?
Various members of my family worked on this instrument - super cool to see it in the news!
