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Flipboard Science Desk

"A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun."

@BBCNews reports: "Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by."

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Artist's impression of Parker Solar Probe spacecraft flying past the Sun, which appears bright orange, yellow, brown and black and is substantially larger than the spacecraft in the foreground.
flip.itNasa's Parker Solar Probe survives closest-ever approach to SunScientists hope the probe can help us better understand how the Sun works.
#Sun#NASA#Space

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🥥 Why didn't they send this spacecraft that flew near the sun at night? 🥥