"Parker solar probe," itinuturing na "closest human-made object to a star;" nasa 3.8 million miles ang layo mula sa surface ng araw

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Sa isang pambihirang pagkakataon, narating ng isang spacecraft ng NASA ang atmosphere ng pinakamalapit na bituin sa ating solar system…ang sun o araw! Ano kaya ang hatid na kaalaman ng record-breaking na encounter na ito? Kuya Kim, ano na?!

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00:00In a rare occasion, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the atmosphere of the closest star in our solar system, the sun.

00:17What is the secret of this record-breaking encounter?

00:21Brother Kim, what is it?

00:23This is the day NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been waiting for.

00:31This December 26, they learned about the spacecraft Parker Solar Probe.

00:38It survived after traveling 3.8 million miles away from the surface of the biggest star in our solar system, the sun.

00:49There it is.

00:50See it?

00:51There it is.

00:53Parker Solar Probe is 3.8.

00:553.8.

00:563.8.

00:573.8 million miles from the surface of the sun.

00:59This is why it is now considered the closest encounter of mankind to a star.

01:04How far is 3.8 million miles?

01:063.8 million miles may not sound that close, but if I put the sun and the earth one meter apart, Parker Solar Probe would be four centimeters from the sun.

01:16It's the closest human-made object to a star.

01:21What is the significance of this encounter?

01:26Brother Kim, what is it?

01:29The Parker Solar Probe, named after the astrophysicist Dr. Eugene Parker, was launched in Caloocan on August 12, 2018.

01:36It aims to conduct close-up study of the sun.

01:38This area that Parker is going into is just so crucial to our understanding of the sun and its impact on the earth.

01:44That solar interaction, that space weather, those billions of tons of material that the sun can throw at us interacts with our power grids, can interact with our technology.

01:53So it's really important to understand them at their source and how they get all that energy.

01:57For the spacecraft to reach the atmosphere of the sun, it travels at a speed of 430,000 miles per hour.

02:03At this speed, you can travel from New York to Tokyo in less than a minute.

02:09And so that it doesn't burn or melt in the scorching heat of the sun, it's protected by a carbon composite shield.

02:18What else can we discover about the sun after this close encounter?

02:22That's what we'll be looking forward to in the coming days.

02:27Always remember, the important thing to know.

02:29This is Brother Kim, and I'll answer you in 24 hours.

02:38NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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