NASA SPACECRAFT JUST PLUNGED INTO THE SUN AND BROKE STUNNING RECORDS

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The Parker Solar Probe swooped through the Sun's atmosphere early on Christmas Eve. Flying around 3.8 million miles above the solar surface, the probe was designed to explore how solar storms are formed. It is fitted with instruments to measure and image solar winds, which may enable us to better forecast when and where a potent coronal mass ejection or solar flare may hit. Solar storms have huge implications for energy grids and communications systems on Earth.