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
    100letters4년 이하
    That’s amazing! I never knew touching the sun with a probe was possible!
    • dovysutimozi
      dovysutimozi4년 이하
      THAT IS SO COOL! I wonder how they could do that? #AMAZING
      • kingleoscastle
        kingleoscastle4년 이하
        The probe is heat shielded and still is very far from the sun's surface so it doesn't melt.
        • rockstar_27
          rockstar_274년 이하
          congrats nasa i bet in 10 years we will be on the sun
          • jellydog
            jellydog4년 이하
            And I thought we could never reach the sun amazing job NASA!!!
            • shadowyyy12
              shadowyyy124년 이하
              This is amazing I wish that I could touch the sun too!! (I would melt)
              • fivehead
                fivehead4년 이하
                Cool this is a big part in history
                • zarkinpants
                  zarkinpants4년 이하
                  Cool!
                  • pitcherperfect
                    pitcherperfect4년 이하
                    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
                      mattchien4년 이하
                      congrat's!

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