The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, has come closer to the sun than any other spacecraft in human history. It captured images of the intense solar wind. The solar wind is a flow of particles released from the corona, the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere. The solar wind can create auroras and affect communication and power networks.
The Parker Solar Probe is 3 meters long and weighs about 685 kilograms. It is equipped with a Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR). It compressed images taken over 7 hours near the sun. The probe is orbiting the sun to unravel the secrets of the corona.
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