A Journey to Hell in the Name of Science - Washington Post

Written By Lukas Hefti

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The sun’s outer atmosphere is blisteringly hot at about 1’000’000 degrees Celsius. And yet, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission is going there. Why?

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