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Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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NASA Launched a Solar Probe in August of 2018

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was launched in August of 2018. The probe is named after Eugene Parker, a famous theorist about how the sun works. More than 1 million people submitted their names to NASA for it to touch the sun. It will zip around the sun 24 times during its seven-year mission.

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