Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2025 March 31

            IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/YW1yQt3K_YY

                 Parker: The Solar System from Near the Sun
     Video Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JHUAPL, [5]Naval Research Lab, [6]Parker
                 Solar Probe; h/t: [7]Richard Petarius III;
   Music: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 by N. Rimsky-Korsakov;
   Source: [8]Musopen; Performance: Czech National Symphony Orchestra (via
                Musopen); Music Credit: [9]Wikimedia Commons

   Explanation: If you watch long enough, a comet will appear. Before
   then, you will see [10]our Solar System from inside the orbit of
   [11]Mercury as recorded by [12]NASA's [13]Parker Solar Probe looping
   around the [14]Sun. The video captures coronal streamers into the
   [15]solar wind, a small [16]Coronal Mass Ejection, and planets
   including, in order of appearance, [17]Mercury, [18]Venus, [19]Saturn,
   [20]Earth, [21]Mars, and [22]Jupiter. Between the emergence of Earth
   and Mars, [23]Comet Tempel 1 appears with a distinctive tail. The
   continuous fleeting streaks are [24]high energy particles from the Sun
   impacting Parker's sideways looking [25]camera. The [26]featured
   time-lapse video was taken last year during [27]Encounter 21, Parker's
   21st close approach to the Sun. [28]Studying data and images from
   [29]Parker are delivering a better understanding of the dynamic Sun's
   effects on Earth's [30]space weather as [31]well as humanity's power
   grids, spacecraft, and space-faring astronauts.

          Growing Gallery: [32]Partial Solar Eclipse of 2025 March
                     Tomorrow's picture: yes, flocculent
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    Authors & editors: [44]Robert Nemiroff ([45]MTU) & [46]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([47]UMCP)
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                A service of: [52]ASD at [53]NASA / [54]GSFC,
                         [55]NASA Science Activation
                           & [56]Michigan Tech. U.

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