"Parker Solar Probe Sets Unprecedented Records with Closest and Fastest Sun Flyby"

NASA's Parker Solar Probe broke its own records by making its 17th close approach to the Sun, coming within 4.51 million miles of the solar surface and achieving a speed of 394,736 mph. Assisted by a gravity-aided flyby of Venus, the probe aims to study the Sun's outer atmosphere, corona, solar wind, and solar energetic particles to enhance our understanding of solar phenomena and their effects on Earth.