Overview

• NASA released detailed WISPR imagery taken on December 24, 2024, when the probe approached within 6.12 million kilometers of the Sun
• The visuals show multiple coronal mass ejections piling up and intricate solar wind streams in the solar corona
• For the first time, Parker’s images delineate the heliospheric current sheet where the Sun’s magnetic field reverses polarity
• NASA officials say the new data will refine space weather forecasts to protect satellites, power grids and astronauts
• Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its next close approach on September 15, 2025, to capture further solar phenomena