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		mcv on Dec 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first ti... But that's not really touching the sun, is it?

marcosdumay on Dec 15, 2021 | [–]

Yes, it is. The Sun is a very large ball of gas with a small one of something that is not gas on the middle (and a gradient between them). This goes well inside the large ball of gas.

cecilpl2 on Dec 15, 2021 | [–]

The sun doesn't have a solid surface like the Earth - it is a ball of gas that gets progressively less dense as it transitions to vacuum.

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