Why did Parker not burn despite touching the sun?

March 3, 2022

Why did Parker not burn despite experiencing such high temperatures? A four-and-a-half-inch-thick carbon composite shield surrounds Parker. It is shield resistant to temperatures up to 1377 C. But isn’t the atmosphere of the sun really hot?That’s right. There is great heat in the corona of the sun. But the density there is low. Due to…