A spacecraft has detected tiny jets that could be the elusive source of the suns solar wind.
The discovery was made by the European Space Agencys (ESA) Solar Orbiter.
According to ESA, the satellite is the most complex scientific lab ever sent to the sun.
Each jet lasts between 20 and 100 seconds.
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That atmosphere is known as the corona.
It also protects Earth from other harmful particles coming fromspace.
Despite its immense impact on the cosmos, the solar winds origins remain mysterious.
But the Solar Orbiter has shone a new light on the secrets.
The research team gave much of the credit to the EUI instrument.
The spacecraft will now slowly incline its orbit towards the polar regions.
When that happens, it will provide another view of the solar winds.
ESAsproject scientist for the Solar Orbiter, Daniel Muller, hopes the new observations produce further evidence.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
