NASA’s PUNCH mission, led by the Southwest Research Institute, has captured never-before-seen images revealing the Sun’s corona and solar wind as a unified, dynamic system. The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has unveiled groundbreaking results from NASA’s PUNCH mission, revealing a breathtaking, continuous view of the solar corona and solar wind in unprecedented detail. The study marks a milestone in heliophysics, offering scientists a clearer understanding of the Sun’s dynamic influence across the solar system. “Seeing solar activity sweeping across the moon, planets and even passing comets gives us a sense of place in our solar system. “PUNCH can actually show us directly the violence of space weather as clouds of electrons cross the solar system,” DeForest noted.

Source: Punch December 22, 2025 06:49 UTC