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NASA’s probes to the sun’s pole

February 13 , 2020 1750 days 876 0
  • NASA of the United States and the ESA (European Space Agency) sent space probes to the sun to map its poles.
  • The solar orbiter was launched on February 9, 2020.
  • The probe will use gravitational influence of the Earth and Venus to position itself at 26 million miles from the sun.
  • The probe will map the poles for the first time.
  • This will help scientists to observe the solar winds.
  • The solar winds are released from the upper atmosphere of the sun.

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