What Do You Learn When You Touch the Sun?

Though our Sun is something we can count on to rise and set each day, it also comes with some phenomena that can catch us by surprise: solar winds. To better predict when these winds will travel all the way to Earth, we sent the Parker Solar Probe to our big flaming ball in the sky with a big mission.

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RIP Dr Eugene N Parker, NASA Visionary, June 10, 1927 — March 15, 2022
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