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This Is The Fastest Object Ever Made by Humans, And It's Not Slowing Down
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, tasked with taking a close-up look at the Sun's outer corona, has just equalled the record for the fastest-moving human-made object ever.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, tasked with taking a close-up look at the Sun's outer corona, has just equalled the record for the fastest-moving human-made object ever. As the Parker Solar Probe loops around the Sun it aligns with the orbit of Venus, using the moving planet's gravity to create a sort of gravity-powered slingshot. The probe is eventually going to get nice and close to the swirling mass of ultra-hot plasma surrounding the Sun, and take a wealth of different measurements to help improve our scientific understanding of it.
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