NASA's Parker Solar Probe "Touches" The Sun!

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe (illustrated above) pierced the Sun's corona on April 28, 2021 (Credit: NASA.gov)

On December 14, 2021, NASA officials revealed that the Parker Solar Probe had successfully pierced through the Sun's outer atmosphere — the corona — and "touched" the star. The historical feat was achieved on April 28, 2021, during the spacecraft's eighth flyby, when it was about 8.1 million miles away from the star. The space probe spent five hours collecting magnetic and solar particle data from the Alfvén critical surface — the point that marks the end of the Sun's atmosphere.

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  • 100letters
    100letters3년 이상
    That’s amazing! I never knew touching the sun with a probe was possible!
    • dovysutimozi
      dovysutimozi3년 이상
      THAT IS SO COOL! I wonder how they could do that? #AMAZING
      • kingleoscastle
        kingleoscastle3년 이상
        The probe is heat shielded and still is very far from the sun's surface so it doesn't melt.
        • rockstar_27
          rockstar_273년 이상
          congrats nasa i bet in 10 years we will be on the sun
          • jellydog
            jellydog3년 이상
            And I thought we could never reach the sun amazing job NASA!!!
            • shadowyyy12
              shadowyyy123년 이상
              This is amazing I wish that I could touch the sun too!! (I would melt)
              • fivehead
                fivehead3년 이상
                Cool this is a big part in history
                • zarkinpants
                  zarkinpants3년 이상
                  Cool!
                  • pitcherperfect
                    pitcherperfect3년 이상
                    Wow, NASA has come so far!! I'm surprised something can ACTUALLY touch the sun! I feel like I'm gonna melt when my toaster waffles touch me.
                    • mattchien
                      mattchien3년 이상
                      congrat's!