For decades, scientists have long wanted to study the sun up close. The giant ball of plasma in the middle of our solar system - which has been the primary source of light and heat for all life on Earth - remains a mystery in many ways.

Now the far-fetched idea has become a reality, thanks to NASA's Parker Space probe, which has entered the solar atmosphere, going where no spacecraft has gone before. Mike Drolet looks at the many questions they hope will be answered.

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