Parker Solar Probe: NASA’s mission to touch the sun explained (Watch This Space)

How do you touch the sun without burning your fingers? Claire Reilly takes a look at NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and what it can teach us about solar wind, the sun’s corona and the northern lights. Read the CNET article: NASA's Parker Solar Probe just flew past Venus en route to the sun - https://cnet.co/2pEKcWK Watch last weeks episode of Watch This Space - https://youtu.be/VguMB48CgNM Subscribe to CNET: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV CNET playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV/playlists Download the new CNET app: https://ift.tt/2fmiQ6l Like us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/1930vfU Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cnet Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2icCYYm #NASA #ParkerSolarProbe #NASA60th https://ift.tt/2Cs1n6l CNET October 05, 2018 at 12:32PM