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Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives its first close-up solar encounter
“Flying this close to the Sun is a historic moment in humanity’s first mission to a star,” notes Nicky Fox, head of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters in Washington. “By studying the ...
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While The Earth Is Millions Of Miles Away From The Sun, We Are Still Inside Its Massive Protective Atmosphere
Its immense heat and radiation can be very dangerous, which is why it is good that we are a distance away from it that we are ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Becomes The Closest Object To The Sun And Breaks The Record For Fastest Spacecraft Ever
The Parker Solar Probe has recently conducted its record breaking pass with the sun. During this pass, it broke the record not only for becoming the closest manmade object to the sun (without getting ...
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The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
During solar minimum, the sun's magnetic field is close to a dipole, with one north pole and one south pole, similar to Earth's magnetic field. But as we shift toward solar maximum, "the sun's ...