Closest Images Ever Taken of The Sun’s Atmosphere | NASA Parker Solar Probe

Closest Images Ever Taken of The Sun’s Atmosphere | NASA Parker Solar Probe

On its record-breaking pass by the Sun in December 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun’s atmosphere. These newly released images—taken closer to the Sun than we have ever been before—are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth.

Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-parker-solar-probe-snaps-closest-ever-images-to-sun/

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/parker-solar-probe/

Video Credit: NASA
Producer: Joy Ng (eMITS)
Scientist: Nour Rawafi (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)
Videographer: John Philyaw (eMITS), Lacey Young (eMITS)
Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: July 10, 2025

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