The shock was produced by streams of charged particles that are emitted from the sun, known as the solar wind.
A NASA mission has observed an interplanetary shock produced by the sun and taken high resolution measurements of the phenomena for the first time.
Interplanetary shocks are described as"collisionless" meaning that the particles involved do not transfer their energy by knocking into one another. Instead, they transfer their energy via electromagnetic fields. The mission involves four identical spacecraft equipped with high-resolution instruments, which lie just a few miles apart from each other. These devices can measure electrons and ions traveling at high speed.
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