Closest image of Sun yet taken by NASA's Parker Solar Probe
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By flying closer to the Sun than ever, Parker Solar Probe reveals the chaotic birthplace of solar wind and space storms, offering clues that may boost Earth’s defenses.
Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined that the gas giant is actually warmed from the inside, according to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters.
NASA's iconic New Horizons probe, which explored Pluto and the outer solar system, faces potential shutdown due to proposed budget cuts by the White House.
It was only discovered last month (1 July) by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile and NASA was quick to confirm that the comet wasn't from our solar system. Observations showed that it wasn't an asteroid and instead revealed a coma (a cloud of gas and dust), possibly between 20km and 24km across.