You’re looking at the closest-ever images of the Sun. Taken by our Parker Solar Probe during a close flyby, they show the solar wind racing out from the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Images and data from this mission are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth. https://go.nasa.gov/4kA9vSO | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For the first time in history, a spacecraft touched the Sun. NASA’s #ParkerSolarProbe is the first spacecraft to fly through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona. As Parker Solar Probe flew through the corona, its WISPR instrument captured images. The spacecraft flew through structures in the corona called streamers. This milestone in 2021 will help scientists more about our closest star. #YearInReview Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/343EmFR | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center