Shooting for the Sun
17 August 2018 |
3:14 pm
Researchers at NASA have aimed a spacecraft at the sun. And it’s worth $1.5bn! The Parker Solar probe was launched by NASA on Sunday and will go seven times closer than any spacecraft before. The Parker solar probe is aimed at unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar wind and geomagnetic storms
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