10 Aug 2018

NASA probes the sun

From The Panel, 4:32 pm on 10 August 2018

NASA has set the controls for the heart of the Sun. Its newest spaceship, the size of a car, will set out tomorrow for the Sun itself. The Parker Solar Probe will get within 4 million miles, closer than any other human-made artifact before. It'l help solve the mysteries of space weather and how the Sun affects our weather.