Parker Solar Probe
Professor Richard Easther on the NASA probe sent to the sun
13 Aug 2018
What does NASA hope to learn by sending a spaceship to within six million kilometres of the Sun - the closest we've ever been? Richard Easther from the University of Auckland's physic department joins… Audio
NASA's daring mission to 'touch' the sun
23 Jun 2017
Next year a NASA spacecraft will travel to within 6.2 million kilometres of the sun – that's seven times closer than any spacecraft before it and close enough to get very, very hot. Audio