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Space & Cosmos
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Survived Close to the Sun’s Hot Surface
This image released by NASA is an artist’s depiction of the Parker Solar Probe as it approaches the Sun. Designed to withstand the effects of the sun like never before thanks to an innovative heat shield that can withstand 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,370 degrees Celsius). Credit: Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins University APL/NASA, via AP, File NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has made…
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Space & Cosmos
Ion engines could take us to the Sun’s gravitational lens within 13 years, paper suggests
ion thruster. Credit: NASA Sending objects to other stars is still science fiction. But with some specific missions, you might be able to get at least halfway there. These “interstellar precursor missions” involve trips to the Sun’s gravitational lensing point, which is 550 astronomical units from the Sun. This is further away than any previous man-made object, including Voyager. Getting…
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