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Today marks five years since a human-made object first touched the Sun.

On Apr 28, 2021, during its 8th flyby, NASA's Parker Solar Probe entered the Sun's superheated atmosphere—the corona—for the first time, flying 8.1 million miles above the solar surface. To date, Parker has made 27 close approaches to the Sun, each time helping us understand more about our host star and the space weather events it creates.

Today marks five years since a human-made object first touched the Sun. On Apr 28, 2021, during its...

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