"The flyby, the second at this distance and speed, allows the spacecraft to conduct unrivaled scientific measurements of the ...

Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Launched in 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory is a mission to study the aspects of the Sun that directly affect our life on Earth: solar wind ...

which safeguards the probe from the sun's intense heat, enabling its electronics and instruments to function at room temperature — even while it faces directly toward our star to collect solar ...