Why doesn't Parker melt near the Sun? The corona is scorching but sparse, so few particles hit the probe. Sunlight is a separate threat: a reflective, insulating shield keeps most of the spacecraft in shadow. Watch both protections at work. AI assisted narration. #ParkerSolarProbe #Space

690,000 km/h made NASA’s Parker Solar Probe the fastest object ever built. Eight years ago today, on October 3, 2018, it made the first of seven planned Venus flybys, passing within about 2,400 km. The encounter slowed it so its orbit could carry it closer to the Sun.

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Touch the Sun follows Parker Solar Probe on a dark tee - a small craft surviving a star from inside its own shadow.

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