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Parker Probe Repeats Record Brush With The Sun in Daredevil Dive


NASA's Parker Solar Probe has repeated its record-smashing performance of December 2024, swooping down within a scorching 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) of the Sun's surface.

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