Craft discovers source of elusive solar winds through sun-kissing mission.

The Parker Solar Probe has detected the source of the fast solar wind that blows from the Sun's corona through a hole in its atmosphere. The probe's readings suggest that a specific type of magnetic reconnection is what drives this powerful force of nature. The coronal hole is a bit like a shower head, with roughly evenly spaced jets emerging from places where magnetic field lines "funnel" into and out of the surface of the Sun. The findings provide strong evidence that it's reconnection that's providing the energy source of the fast solar wind.