NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere - the corona - and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.
The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. Just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand how it was formed, touching the very stuff the Sun is made of will help scientists uncover critical information about our closest star and its influence on the solar system.
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Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientists:
Nour Raouafi (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
Justin Kasper (University of Michigan)
Stuart Bale (University of California, Berkeley)
Kelly Korreck (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
Adam Szabo (NASA/GSFC)
Producer: Joy Ng (KBRwyle)
Writer: Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems)
Data Visualizer: Tom Bridgman (GST)
Animator: Jonathan North (KBRwyle)
Animator: Ben Smith (Johns Hopkins APL)
Music credits: “The Hague Parliament” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]”; “Flicker”, “Time Shift Equilibrium”, and “Flowing Cityscape” by Ben Biblett [PRS] and Jon Cotton [PRS]; “Games Show Sphere 07" by Anselm Kreuzer [GEMA] from Universal Production Music
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It was nice to hear some positive corona news
these NASA guys are smart - they went at night
It is
And it is still going closer. I've read that in 2025 it's supposed to approach within 10 solar radii, and when doing so it's supposed to reach a record speed (for all manmade objects) of 430,000 mph (0.00064c).
I'm just a dumb guy who enjoyed growing up learning about space. Things like this always amaze tf outta me
Shaking hands with our home Star! This is fascinating ✨🔭
Guys, congratulations, seriously, that's a huge milestone. Well done.
Didn't give you guys a permission but ok
what a time to be alive
Who come here from study iq👍👍👍👍
Hats off to editor and guy who created animations, it made super easy to normal people like me understand this easily
This sort of thing gives me a sense of wonder I haven't had since I was a child. Thanks for posting this!
No doubt this was a crowning achievement for NASA! 🌞
It traveled through millions of degrees and only got as hot as a candle. That’s some genius engineering
cheers to all people alive witnessing this.
Молодцы учёные ! Их труд заслуживает большого уважения! Классно!!!
Wonder what materials were used to make this probe, since it could withstand such temperatures, electric and magnetic fields.
Incredible work. Congrats to all involved.
Can't believe there are actual adults using "nerd" and "geek" as insults in these comments. Y'all really peaked in highschool huh?
Ok...no one yet has said how this probe is surviving 5 million degrees centigrade...why not?