Space Exploration

Parker Solar Probe: Touching the Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is the fastest human-made object ever built, flying closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before. In 2021 it became the first craft to enter the Sun's corona. It travels at up to 690,000 km/h — fast enough to circl

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