Never before has a man-made object come so close to the Sun! The Parker Solar Probe will provide unique measurement data about our star – but for all the excitement about this project, people are moved by one question: why doesn’t the probe melt when it’s near the Sun?
The Parker Solar Probe periodically stays in the hottest layer of the Sun, and that is by no means the surface of the Sun. It is hottest around the Sun, in what is called the corona.

You’ll learn how the solar probe is braving the heat and what new insights it will deliver.