This Christmas Eve, humans will try to embrace a star
December 23, 2024

This Christmas Eve, humans will try to embrace a star

Astronomers have long debated whether our moon should have a proper name. After all, that’s the way our solar system is. The other moons have their own nicknames, such as Phobos and Deimos, and there are certainly no planets named “planets” or asteroids named “asteroids.” Even worlds near our universe have names, albeit usually boring ones. However, our moon’s namelessness does have a silver lining: it forces us to remember that it is indeed a moon.

But for sunits name makes it easy to forget that it is indeed an incomprehensible scorching star. But this Christmas Eve, we’ll be keenly reminded of the sun’s cosmic nature, thanks to a resilient little spacecraft on a spectacular journey through space: Parker Solar Probe. At 6:40 a.m. ET on December 24, the cone-shaped explorer will fly perilously toward our glowing yellow sun.

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