🌞 Closer Than Ever: Parker Solar Probe’s Historic Christmas Mission
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will break its own record by approaching the Sun at a distance of six million kilometers. Scientists hope to uncover secrets of solar winds and storms by exploring regions of the corona previously uncharted.
The probe, traveling at 690,000 km/h, faces extreme heat of up to 1,000°C. Initial data from this close encounter are expected by late January, with further analyses to follow, offering new insights into solar and stellar atmospheres.
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On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will break its own record by approaching the Sun at a distance of six million kilometers. Scientists hope to uncover secrets of solar winds and storms by exploring regions of the corona previously uncharted.
The probe, traveling at 690,000 km/h, faces extreme heat of up to 1,000°C. Initial data from this close encounter are expected by late January, with further analyses to follow, offering new insights into solar and stellar atmospheres.
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