Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona

Overview of attention for article published in Physical Review Letters, December 2021

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The Probe that "Touched the Sun" : NASA Parker Solar Probe

User Knowledge_1000, in the interesting 🔥 subreddit, 07 Oct 2025

NASA Parker Solar Probe enters sun’s corona for first time in history

User Knowledge_1000, in the /r/space: news, articles and discussion subreddit, 07 Oct 2025

Зонд «Паркер» впервые «нырнул» в корону Солнца

User postmastern, in the Popular_Science_Ru subreddit, 15 Dec 2021

Better link and more info...

User Druggedhippo, in the /r/space: news, articles and discussion subreddit, 15 Dec 2021

Better link and more info here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-br…

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