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Ridgewood NJ, Unlike Icarus who forgot his father’s warnings, and started flying higher and higher, until the wax that held his wings together started melting under the scorching sun. 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.
Continue reading NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries
