India, July 14 -- NASA's Parker Solar Probe has taken the closest ever images to the Sun, captured 3.8 million miles from the solar surface.
The new close-up images show features in the solar wind, the constant stream of electrically charged subatomic particles released by the Sun that rage across the solar system at speeds exceeding 1 million miles an hour.
These images, and other data, are helping scientists better understand the Sun's influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth.
Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun's atmosphere during its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA said in a press release.
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