The NASA mission broke its own record as it seeks to teach us more about our Sun, as well as reveal other secrets of the ...
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The Parker Solar Probe, partly designed by students and researchers in Colorado, survived its closest encounter with our sun, ...
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Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar ...