It's Surprisingly Hard to Go to the Sun

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 11:10 in Astronomy & Space

Portal origin URL: It's Surprisingly Hard to Go to the SunPortal origin nid: 429933Published: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 11:14Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Sun contains 99.8 percent of the mass in our solar system. Its gravitational pull is what keeps everything here, from tiny Mercury to the gas giants to the Oort Cloud, 186 billion miles away. But even though the Sun has such a powerful pull, it's surprisingly hard to actually get to the Sun.Portal image: illustration of Parker Solar Probe at the SunScience Categories: Sun

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