874K views · 2.4K reactions | 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 | Facebook

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken the closest ever images to the Sun, captured just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. The new close-up images show features in the solar wind, the constant stream of electrically charged subatomic particles released by the Sun that rage across the solar system at speeds exceeding 1 million miles an hour. These images, and other data, are helping scientists understand the mysteries of the solar wind, which is essential to understanding its effects at Eart

139K views · 1.1K reactions | NASA’s Parker Solar Probe closest...