Sun yields its secrets to Parker Solar Probe

Scientists hail the first data sent back by the Parker Solar Probe, giving them new leads on the solar wind and heating of the corona. [Illustration courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins APL of the probe and the sun]

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, having survived its closest encounter so far with the Sun, has sent back a spectacular trove of data on its corona, the super-hot outer edge of its atmosphere, scientists said Wednesday.