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Spacecraft snaps closest pictures of sun, ‘campfires’ abound – Yahoo News Australia
A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun, revealing countless little “campfires” flaring everywhere. Scientists on Thursday released the first images taken by Solar Orbiter, launched from Cape Canaveral in Februar…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun, revealing countless little campfires flaring everywhere.
Scientists on Thursday released the first images taken by Solar Orbiter, launched from Cape Canaveral in February.
The orbiter was about 48 million miles (77 million kilometers) from the sun about halfway between Earth and the sun when it took the stunning high-resolution pictures last month.
NASAs Parker Solar Probe is flyin…
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