NASA's Solar Probe Mission Aims to Prevent Internet Disruption and Unveils Solar Wind Mystery.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has navigated through the solar wind to gather vital information about the sun's workings. Scientists have warned about the potential impact of an upcoming solar storm, commonly referred to as an "internet apocalypse", which could strike within the next decade and leave people without access to the internet for months. Understanding the mechanism behind the sun's wind is important for practical reasons on Earth, as it could affect our ability to understand how the sun releases energy and drives geomagnetic storms, which are a threat to our communication networks. NASA has also launched a new campaign offering the public the opportunity to have their name stencilled onto a microchip, which will ride aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft next year.