SciShow: How To Visit the Sun Without Melting

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Content of the Lesson: This episode is made in partnership with our friends at What’s Watt, a new show about electricity. Head to their channel now to learn more about this invisible topic: / @whatswattbynexans6959 In 2021, the Parker Solar Probe fulfilled its mission to “touch the Sun”. But the temperature over there was millions of degrees Celsius. How did the spacecraft not melt? Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Harrison Mills, Jaap Westera, Jason A, Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kevin Bealer, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-parker-solar-probe-and-the-curious-case-of-the-hot-corona https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt https://www3.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/KEEP/nres633/Pages/Unit2/Section-B-Energy-Transfer.aspx Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/set-of-distorted-groovy-melting-faces-with-royalty-free-illustration/1410460876?phrase=happy+melting&searchscope=image%2Cfilm&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/solar-system-protostar-sun-sol-close-shot-of-royalty-free-image/1502531363?phrase=the+sun&searchscope=image%2Cfilm&adppopup=true https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14045/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12034 https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Images.php https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/climate-change-thermometer-on-blue-sky-with-sun-shining-stock-footage/1388339808?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/desert-road-stock-footage/472442221?adppopup=true https://javalab.org/en/conduction_2_en/ https://javalab.org/en/heat_capacity_en/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/man-rushes-down-his-driveway-carrying-a-last-minute-stock-footage/1404348295?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/super-slow-motion-of-fire-blast-isolated-on-black-stock-footage/1463468108?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/looking-inside-the-black-empty-kitchen-oven-there-royalty-free-image/1368435054?phrase=oven&adppopup=true https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14045/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parker_Solar_Probe.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14045/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/learning-bicycle-and-proud-dad-teaching-his-young-royalty-free-image/1415864373?phrase=summer&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/solar-flares-on-sun-surface-royalty-free-image/913764874?phrase=sun+surface&adppopup=true


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