NASA's Parker Solar Probe shares 1st up-close image of Sun
NASA has shared the first-ever up-close image of the Sun captured by its Parker Solar Probe, the first-ever mission to enter Sun's outer atmosphere (corona). The image showing bright coronal streamers was captured on November 8 from a distance of over 2.7 crore kilometres from the Sun. "The bright object near the centre of the image is Mercury," NASA revealed.