In December, the <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/parker-solar-probe-pictures/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">Parker Solar Probe</a> made history when it made the closest-ever approach to the sun by a spacecraft. As it whizzed by, a camera recorded incredibly detailed images, which show the sun’s surface, the <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/parker-solar-probe-pictures/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">flow of solar winds</a>, and eruptions of magnetized balls of gas. Seeing this activity in such detail could help scientists understand solar weather.Host Flora Lichtman talks with Parker Solar Probe project scientist Nour Rawafi about what these images show and how the probe could fundamentally change our understanding of the sun.Guest:Dr. Nour Rawafi is the Parker Solar Probe project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/parker-solar-probe-pictures/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">sciencefriday.com.</a>  
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