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Watch again: Space agencies reveal closest images ever taken of the sun

Telegraph, 16 Jul 2020
Scientists have revealed the closest images ever taken of the Sun.

The images were captured last month by the Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency probe designed and built in the UK, when it came within 47 million miles of the Sun's surface.

The close pass, known as a perihelion, put the spacecraft between the orbits of Venus and Mercury.

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