Futurism
A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun
Forget the cautionary tale of Icarus. NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe is gearing up to fly into the Sun to glean the secrets of our star’s megahot winds, Ars Technica reports. Ever since it launched in 2018, the tiny spacecraft, which weighs less than a ton, has been continuously bounding through our solar system and performing flybys of the Sun, reaching record breaking speeds. But on Christmas eve, the orbiter will make its closest approach yet, coming within 3.8 million miles of the solar su