#16 – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Breaks Records with Closest Flyby of the Sun
Summary in seconds: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has set a record by flying closer to the Sun than ever before, passing just 3.8 million miles from its surface on December 24, 2024, while traveling at 430,000 mph—the fastest speed for any human-made object. The spacecraft collects data from the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, to […]