Parker Solar Probe just showed us what the Sun looks like from only 3.8 million miles away. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured the closest-ever images of the Sun – revealing powerful new insights into one of the most mysterious forces in our solar system: the solar wind. These stunning new images were taken from inside the Sun’s atmosphere, or corona, where temperatures soar and magnetic fields twist and snap. What the spacecraft saw was extraordinary – a dynamic storm of charged particles b

On Aug. 12, NASA successfully launched Parker Solar Probe toward the Sun, where it will fly closer than any spacecraft ever has before. This week’s 10 Things blog tells you what you need to know about how this mission will uncover new secrets about our star: https://go.nasa.gov/2NoapD2 | NASA Solar System Exploration

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. 🛰☀️ This movie shows data from the WISPR instrument on Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory | Science Channel

Today the Parker Solar Probe will make its 9th close approach to the Sun. The spacecraft holds the record for the top spacecraft speed and the closest distance to the Sun at perihelion. "Perihelion" is the closest point in an object's orbit to the Sun. In the case of Parker Solar Probe, that's about 10.4 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) from the solar surface. For context, today the Earth is about 152 million kilometers (94 million miles) from the Sun. What's the most amazing thing you kno