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  • This Footage From The First-Ever Probe to Touch The Sun Will Leave You Speechless

    12/17/2021 10:37:55 AM PST · by Red Badger · 33 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | December 17, 2021 | FIONA MACDONALD
    (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory) Many science fans were freaking out this week when NASA confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe had become the first spacecraft ever to 'touch the Sun' back in April. But if you thought that was mind-boggling, hang on to your seat, because there's actually time-lapse footage of the spacecraft's view as it swoops into the Sun's corona – and it's one of the most spectacular things we've seen in a very long time. The footage is made up of individual images captured between August 8 and 12 this year, during the probe's ninth perihelion,...