NASA selects investigations for first mission to encounter the Sun

The Solar Probe Plus will plunge directly into the Sun's atmosphere to learn why it's so much hotter than our star's visible surface and what propels the solar wind.

Link: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=10189

Time: 3. Sep. 2010

Feed: Astronomy.com - News

Topics: sun