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NASA to make history: Its spacecraft attempts closest approach to the Sun

2024-12-24 18:34:44Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
NASA to make history: Its spacecraft attempts closest approach to the Sun
Parker probe

A NASA spacecraft is attempting to make history with its closest approach ever to the Sun.

According to foreign media, the Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures and extreme radiation.

It has been out of communication for several days during this hot flight and scientists will wait for a signal, expected on December 27, to see if it has survived.

It is hoped that the probe can help us better understand how the Sun works.

Dr Nicola Fox, head of science at NASA, told BBC News: "For centuries, people have studied the Sun, but you don't experience the atmosphere of a place until you go visit it.

"And so we can't really experience our star's atmosphere unless we fly through it."

Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018, heading toward the center of our solar system.

It has already passed by the Sun 21 times, getting closer and closer, but the visit on Christmas Eve is a record.

At its closest approach, the probe is 3.8 million miles (6.2 million km) from the surface of our star.

That may not sound that close, but NASA's Nicola Fox puts it into perspective: "We're 93 million miles from the Sun, so if you put the Sun and Earth one meter apart, the Parker Solar Probe is four centimeters from the Sun — so it's close."


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