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Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to the Sun

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) announced that NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieved its 19th close approach to the Sun on December 24, 2023, coming within 4.51 million miles of the solar surface. This maneuver allowed the probe to gather crucial data about the Sun's corona, solar wind, and magnetic fields, contributing to our understanding of solar phenomena and space weather. The Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, continues to endure extreme conditions, withstanding temperatures up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, to provide insights into the Sun's behavior, which could help in predicting solar storms that might affect Earth's technology and astronauts in space.

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