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The Parker Solar Probe is named after the Dr Eugene Parker. He spent most of his studying the Sun and its solar . He wanted to know why the flares, which shoot off from the Sun's , are hotter than the surface. This is known as the "coronal problem". It is a long-standing for scientists. The temperature at the Sun's surface is around 4,100ºC; while the temperature of the corona's flares can reach 1.1 million Celsius. Scientists also hope to find out how solar originate. NASA said Parker (the probe) has faced heat on its record-breaking fly-by. Temperatures reached a scorching 980 degrees .

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