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Probe Gets Close To The Sun — Finds Rogue Plasma Waves And Flipping Magnetic Fields

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Probe Gets Close To The Sun — Finds Rogue Plasma Waves And Flipping Magnetic Fields

December 4, 2019 • The initial results from an ambitious mission to get a spacecraft close to the Sun are shedding new light on some old mysteries about our closest star.

Probe Gets Close To The Sun — Finds Rogue Plasma Waves And Flipping Magnetic Fields

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NASA Braves The Heat To Get Up Close And Personal With Our Sun

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NASA Braves The Heat To Get Up Close And Personal With Our Sun

August 9, 2018 • A new NASA probe will get closer to our sun than ever before, to try to solve mysteries like why its atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.

NASA Braves The Heat To Get Up Close And Personal With Our Sun

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WATCH: Building A Probe That Will Survive A Trip To The Sun

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WATCH: Building A Probe That Will Survive A Trip To The Sun

July 31, 2018 • The sun is responsible for all life on Earth, but we still have a lot to learn about it. So this summer, NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe closer to the sun than we have ever been before.