WATCH: How NASA's New Probe Will Stay Cool Near The Sun
The sun is responsible for all life on Earth, but we still have a lot to learn about it. So this summer, NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe closer to the sun than we have ever been before.
by Becky Harlan
Jul 31, 2018
1 minute
This summer, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will embark on a mission to "touch the sun."
"Touch" might be a bit of an overstatement â the probe will actually pass 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface. Its primary job is
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