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A spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s atmosphere.

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe became the closest human-made object to the Sun and, in December 2024, passed about 6 million kilometers from its surface.

Source: Parker Solar Probe (Wikipedia)

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