as the sun is already incredibly hot, the surface of the sun is 5500 celsius but in the middle of thise believe it gets up to i that we believe it gets up to 1 million or 2 million celsius and we don't understand why, what is causing that to get so much hotter than the surface of the sun. the early results from the probe is to suggest it is to do with the magnetic field, it gets all turned and twisted on the surface which we see as sunspots which create these big solar flares that we get appreciate here on earth as those gorgeous northern lights, the aurora we have had a lot of this year. but there is a lot we don't understand about how it all works, how it could be fuelling this hot atmosphere around the sun and this new data from this very incredibly close approach of the sun, just touching the surface of the corona is going to hopefully give us a lot more information about exactly what is going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. the political crisis in south korea has deepened in the last few hours after mps voted to impeach the acting president. th

this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of that is going to hopefully give us a lot more information about exactly what's going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. close up, the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive surface. it's hoped that the solar probe will shed light on the processes that make this happen and how this solar turbulence affects us on earth. but they'll have to wait until the 1st of january before they see the initial data. pallab ghosh, bbc news. and pallabjoins me now. when i first saw this story, my thought was, how did it not melt?! an amazing achievement but so close to the sun. haw but so close to the sun. how did it not _ but so close to the sun. how did it not melt?! _ but so close to the sun. how did it not melt?! obviously, | but so close to the sun. how did it not melt?! obviously, it was designed not to melt. it has an experimental heat shield that keeps all the instruments at room temperature. quite where this room is on earth, one can only wonder! but i

so the surface of the sun is about 6,000 degrees or so. that reaches millions of degrees, and that is further away from the sun. so how is that atmosphere getting hotter? the mission is also studying the solar wind — the constant stream of charged particles bursting out from the sun's corona. the probe's even recorded the sounds of the sun. three different types of solar wind. various tones dispersive chirping waves. langmuir waves. and doctor who—like whistler mode waves. when these particles interact with the earth's magnetic field, the sky lights up with dazzling auroras. but this space weather can cause problems, too, knocking out power grids, electronics and communication systems. the hope is the mission can help us to better understand this. but first, the spacecraft has to survive its burning—hot flyby. i will worry, but we really have designed that spacecraft to withstand all of these brutal, brutal conditions. it's a tough...tough little spacecraft. during this close approach, the spacecraft is out of communication for several day

, also particles from the sun, also particles from the sun, it is being bombarded by dust as well, have ever sent a spacecraft to, but it is well—prepared, it has its shield, its cooling system, so it should survive.— it should survive. should it survive. — it should survive. should it survive, fingers _ it should survive. should it survive, fingers crossed i it should survive. should it survive, fingers crossed it| survive, fingers crossed it should, what kind of information do we hope it will bring back?— bring back? this probe will tell us about _ bring back? this probe will tell us about the _ bring back? this probe will tell us about the sun's - tell us about the sun's magnetic field in very close proximity to the sun, something we have never been able to explore before it. the sun's magnetic field is so important for us to understand, all of the planets of the solar system sit within the sun's magnetic field, it influences all of the planets, life on earth as well, it will sample the solar winds, this constant stream of charged particles emanating from the surface of the sun.

and 3 mesa spacecraft makes history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. m helena humphrey, it's good to have you with us. the white house says it's seen early indications that suggest an azerbaijani airlines passenger jet, that crashed on christmas day killing dozens of people, was possibly brought down by russian air defence systems. the airline itself says initial results of an investigation suggest the cause was some kind of "external interference." 38 people were killed when the plane came down, two miles short of the runway at aktau airport, in western kazakhstan. the aircraft originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia, but witnesses say there was an explosion before the plane was diverted. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination, grozny, in chechnya. translation: they say there were two bangs, l but i only heard one.

this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of thatformation about exactly what's going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. by getting so close, the probe will enable scientists to see how the sun's powerful magnetic field twists and lifts material to create solar flares. this may help them understand why the sun's atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface. and how it emits a stream of charged particles called the solar wind, which has its effect on earth when it hits our atmosphere, creating the northern lights. the results will help scientists predict when there are powerful solar storms, which can disable communication satellites and affect weather patterns. the initial data will be sent back by the spacecraft on the first of january. pallab ghosh, bbc news. dr nour rawafi is an astrophysicist, and the project scientist for nasa's parker solar probe mission, which launched back in 2018. we've been getting his perspective on the historic day in space exploration. there were probably some tense mom

but the opposite is true with the sun. the atmosphere around the sun is called the corona.un. the sun is already incredibly hot, it is 5500 celsius. but in the middle of this corona we believe it is “p of this corona we believe it is up to 1 of this corona we believe it is up to1 million of this corona we believe it is up to 1 million or 2 of this corona we believe it is up to1 million or 2 million celsius and we don't understand why, what is causing that to get so much hotter than the surface of the sun. the early results from the parker solar probe suggest it is to do with the magnetic field, it is all turned and twisted on the surface, which we see as sun spots which create these big solar flares that we get to appreciate here on earth as those gorgeous northern lights, the aurora we have had a lot of this year. but there is a lot we don't understand about how it works, how this could be fuelling this hot atmosphere around the sun and this new data from this very incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of the corona is going to hopefully give us a

parker solar probe hurtles past the sun at 430,000 miles an hour. as ever gone so fast. it's the equivalent of flying from london to new york in less than 30 seconds. at its closest, it's 3.8 million miles — 6.2 million kilometres — from our star's surface. that's closer than any other spacecraft. it will have to endure scorching temperatures of 1,400 celsius as it passes through the sun's outer atmosphere, known as its corona, and this could solve a long—standing mystery. the corona is really, really hot, and we have no idea why. so the surface of the sun is about 6,000 degrees or so, but the corona, this tenuous outer atmosphere that you can see during solar eclipses, that reaches millions of degrees, and that is further away from the sun. so how is that atmosphere getting hotter? the mission is also studying the solar wind — the constant stream of charged particles bursting out from the sun's corona. the probes even recorded the sounds of the sun — dispersive chirping waves, langmuir waves, and doctor who—like whistler mode waves. during this clos

the sun is very active. n the form of flares says whether it can affect us on earth like in may or october where we had big storms and our atmosphere. so the sun can impact our gps or atmosphere and effect astronauts when they are out of the earth's atmosphere. so understanding hours sun is extremely important for our existence and our progress going for it. —— understanding our son. h0??? our progress going for it. -- understanding our son. how do ou feel understanding our son. how do you feel that — understanding our son. how do you feel that the _ understanding our son. how do you feel that the progress? - understanding our son. how do you feel that the progress? wej you feel that the progress? we are fl in: you feel that the progress? - are flying this tiny spacecraft in a region of space that is extremely hot. we know very little about it but we orbited the sun 21 times so we are not nervous, we are very excited. tomorrow on christmas eve 2024, parker solar probe is going to make history for all of human

no commercial company will launch a probe to study the sun. agencies do, but the other thing the private sector does much better like spacex is much more efficient at launching rockets than the government is. the trick is going to be finding a happy medium, identifying what the government does well at nasa and identifying what commercial companies do well. there is probably some discomfort at nasa because there are some parts of the agency which have not operated really efficiency. very quickly, we have 20 seconds left, lots of countries in this region where i am, india, japan and china have made great strides in terms of space missions. russia, obviously its space mission is in a state of disrepair, do you think the us will be able to keep up the competition? that's the great question of the next four years and we will see a contest with china both in civil space and military space. denmark says it will increase its defence spending on greenland by at least $1.5 billion. it comes just hours after america's president—elect, donald trump, repeat

the closest ever approach to the sun. the uk government is being urged to send more prisoners to low—securityjails to help reduce reoffending and overcrowding. the prime minister of nepal says there are too many tigers in his country and wants to give some away. hello, i'm lucy hockings. azerbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the plane crash in kazakhstan has found there was "external physical and technical interference". but the report has stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible, nor what the cause of that interference was. azerbaijan airlines had already suspended flights to several russian cities. it says it has to take flight safety risks into account. neither russia nor kazakhstan has confirmed the cause of the crash, but the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane had been unable to land at its planned destination in grozny because of a ukrainian drone attack which was taking place at the time. he added that thick fog had prevented two ea

parker solar probe hurtles past the sun at 430,000 miles an hour. s than 30 seconds. at its closest, its 3.8 million miles — 6.2 million kilometres — from our star's surface. that's closer than any other spacecraft. it will have to endure scorching temperatures of 1,400 celsius as it passes through the sun's outer atmosphere, known as its corona, and this could solve a long—standing mystery. the corona is really, really hot, and we have no idea why. so the surface of the sun is about 6,000 degrees or so, but the corona, this tenuous outer atmosphere that you can see during solar eclipses, that reaches millions of degrees, and that is further away from the sun. so how is that atmosphere getting hotter? the mission is also studying the solar wind — the constant stream of charged particles bursting out from the sun's corona. the probes even recorded the sounds of the sun — dispersive chirping waves, langmuir waves and doctor who—like whistler mode waves. during this close approach, the spacecraft is out of communication for several days, so the nasa tea

the closest—ever approach to the sun. e uk government is being urged to send more prisoners to low securityjails to help reduce reoffending and overcrowding. and the prime minister of nepal says there are too many tigers in his country and wants to give some away. hello, i'm lucy hockings. survivors of a plane crash in kazakhstan in which 38 people died have given dramatic accounts of at least one blast outside the aircraft before it came down. two passengers who are now in hospital spoke of a loud bang when the plane tried to land at its original destination in chechnya on wednesday. azerbaijan airlines said its plane had suffered external physical and technical interference. it gave no details. the kremlin has again refused to comment on speculation that the plane was mistakenly brought down by a russian air defence system. russia's civil aviation agency said ukrainian drones were active in the area at the time. one of the survivors, subkhonkul rakhimov, has been speaking to russian—language state media. translation: the

this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of thatt exactly what's going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. close up, the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive surface. it's hoped that the solar probe will shed light on the processes that make this happen and how this solar turbulence affects us on earth. but they'll have to wait until the 1st of january before they see the initial data. pallab ghosh, bbc news. nepal's prime minister, kp sharma 0li, says his country has too many tigers and that they're a threat to humans. more than thirty people were killed by tigers between 2019 and 2023. he says nepal should be giving them to other countries as gifts. 0ur correspondent navin singh khadka told me more about the plans for so—called "tiger diplomacy" it was always an issue, but the thing is, when i talk to people on the ground — say, the community forestry people — they say that it is increasingly becoming more and more serious, because more and more tigers are there now, so the confronta

this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of that is going to hopefully give us a lot more information about exactly what's going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. close up, the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive surface. it's hoped that the solar probe will shed light on the processes that make this happen and how this solar turbulence affects us on earth. but they'll have to wait until the 1st of january before they see the initial data. pallab ghosh, bbc news. one of the last functioning hospitals in northern gaza has been forcibly evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say airstrikes overnight that targeted the area killed 50 people. the head of the nursing department at the hospital told the bbc the army had given them a 15—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff into the courtyard. the israeli army subsequently entered the hospital and has been removing the patients that remained. israel has not commen

but this is not what happens on the sun as we go from the surface of the sun, which is 10000 degrees and quickly move up into the krona. we find ourselves quickly at millions of degrees. so this is a, a fundamental question that drives not only how this star works our sun, but actually all the stars in the universe to withstand the punishing temperatures . the spacecraft is fitted with a carbon phone shield. that's 11.4 centimeters thick. and 2.4 meters wide. miss parker will carry as it slide by autonomously because mission control will be out of contact with the probe, due to its proximity to the sun. they will rely on a signal from the pro expected this friday to confirmed the success of the mission . the data an image is collected during the fly by won't be available to mission control until partner has moved away from the sun and it's always expected in mid january. and before we go, we'll leave you with a look at a different kind of year end tradition from japan where people laugh away their troubles for the past 12 months. have a listen. the 1000 people came to a template is no

a nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. d the prime minister of nepal says there are too many tigers in his country and wants to give some away. hello and welcome — i'm luxmy gopal. azerbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the plane crash in kazakhstan found there was "external physical and technical interference". but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia. the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination, grozny,

this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of thatautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. close up, the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive surface. it's hoped that the solar probe will shed light on the processes that make this happen and how this solar turbulence affects us on earth. but they'll have to wait until the 1st of january before they see the initial data. pallab ghosh, bbc news. an amazing bit of space history there. you can find out more by going to the bbc news website. stay with us here though, on bbc news. hello there. the weather for christmas week has been pretty benign. high pressure has brought light winds, a lot of cloud, some mist and fog and also some drizzle. subtle changes as we head into the weekend. we start to lose the influence of this area of high pressure and begin to pick up more of an atlantic influence, which should mean there should be more breeze and see a bit more sunshine. but we've still got this weather front straddling the north and west of scotland. that'll bring further

but this is not what happens on the sun as we go from the surface of the sun, which is $10000.00 degrees. and quickly move up into the krona, we find ourselves quickly at millions of degrees. so this is a, a fundamental question, but drives not only how this star works are sun, but actually all the stars in the universe to withstand the punishing temperatures . the spacecraft is fitted with a carbon phone shield. that's 11.4 centimeters take. and 2.4 meters wide. parker will carry as it's fly by autonomously because mission control will be out of contact with the prob, due to its proximity to the sun. they will rely on a signal from the prob, expected this friday to confirmed the success of the mission. the data an image is collected during the fly by won't be available to mission control until partner has moved away from the sun and it's always expected in mid january. it is christmas eve and children around the world are eagerly waiting for santa and his presence in finland. one father christmas talks to his play in front of well wishers. his annual departure from santa claus village h

reporter: close-up, the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive service. -- surface. d that the solar probe will shed light on the processes that make this happen and how the cellular turbulence -- the solar turbulence affects us on earth. but we will have to wait until the first of january until we see the initial data. anchor: nepal's prime minister says it's country has too many tigers and they are a threat to humans. more than 30 people were killed by tigers between 2019 and 2020 three. >> it was always an issue, but the thing is, when i talk to people on the ground, say, the community forestry people, they say that it is increasingly becoming more and more serious because more and more tigers are there now, so there's confrontation and all those kind of things. casualties are also going up, and also the cattle being attacked or losses of arab culture, people having to migrate elsewhere, a host of issues. political leaders are kind of bringing it up now because they are also under pressure. anchor: i can imagine. this would seem on the surface a conservation succes

a nasa space placebo has flown closer to the sun than any other. the communication with nasa for three days after coming within 6 million kilometers of the sun surface facing temperatures up to 1,000 celsius. >> it seems like science fiction, sending an uncrewed spacecraft to the sun. it was designed to withstand sco scottishing heat but could it? nasa has now confirmed that it has. the spacecraft sent back a beacon signal indicating that it survived the close he is approach to the sun. >> we have never will a human made object so close to the sun. we will to not melt. that is why it had the heat shield that holds instruments as room temperature and keeps the sun away. they are amazing feats so it is so amazing we are close to getting to measure in detail this material up chose. >> liftoff of the mighty delta 4. >> there were many missions to study the sun but there's so much more especially its atmosphere that we can see from earth during a total eclipse. >> there new data from this incredibly close approach to the sun just touching the surface of

the mirrors follow automatically the sun. unlight enters, and is absorbed and converted into high—temperature heat. this heat then drives a chemical reactor which converts biomethane and co2 and water into what we call synthesis gas. you can see it as the lego blocks for fuel. the company says the process is carbon—neutral, because the fuel is made from co2 that was trapped in the organic waste, and exactly the same amount of carbon is released when the fuel is burned. the fuel created using these mirrors can be used now in the engines of cars and planes. the business already has orders from major airlines. within six years we want to have a plant which is 1,000 times bigger than this one. so this is a challenge, not scientifically, but more like really engineering—wise. we need to build it 1,000 times bigger. some solutions seem like miracles. the scientist who helped develop the solar technology has gone even further. and here, with this shutter, we can control... machinery whirs. we can control the amount of solar radioacti

clouds can reduce heat by reflecting the sun. to boost cloud cover, and that could help protect the reef. you can see the sea spray getting whipped into a fine mist by the ocean and the wind. and drifting up to the clouds. and you can see the sea spray blowing across behind us there, and so it's exactly that that we're replicating. we want the clouds to be brighter and to hang around longer so they're reflecting more sunlight into space. the scientists say cloud brightening makes a difference. their modelling suggests if it was done on a larger scale, it could reduce temperatures here by around half a degree. the really remarkable thing about this is if you did roll it out over the whole reef, or even a large enough area of the reef, you'd pretty much avoid bleaching entirely if you were to do it at absolutely full scale, at its maximum capacity. this is an incredible place. i don't think i've ever been anywhere that's just so full of life. and the idea that this place is being damaged, might even be lost for good, showsjust how q

and also has made a history by flying a spacecraft closer to the sun than any other non made object in history. the cap still took off from cape canaveral in 2018 if just on ground fault reports of what exactly goes on on the sun surface. that's what this spacecraft is trying to find out. and for that, it's needed to get real close actually last night about 11 50 pm eastern time. we got back a green beacon from the parker solar pro space craft indicating that it's successfully completed. humanity's closest approach to a star closest ever fly by uh to the sun and, and really just an amazing achievement. we were able to actually fly through the upper atmosphere of the corona, of the sun, which is just an amazing thing. if you think about it, it took the capsule 6 years to travel within 6000000 kilometers of the sun, a long and challenging journey, right? partner solar probus has actually flown through chromecast injections and, and other things that come off of the sun is just amazing to see. it's like, i know flying through a storm, right. we, we actually have seen that witness. the bee

and a nasa spacecraft makes history, flying closer to the sun than ever before. llo i'm naomi choy smith. thank you forjoining us. welcome to the programme. an israeli negotiation team returns to israel on tuesday night for internal consultations after a significant week of negotiations in qatar. that's according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office. officials say that both sides have shown a greater willingness to reach a deal but that key details must still be worked out. it comes as israel intensifies its attacks in gaza. the territory's health ministry reports three hospitals in the north were targeted earlier on tuesday, forcing patients to evacuate. meanwhile, christmas celebrations in bethlehem are muted for the second year since the israel—hamas war began. these are pictures of midnight mass at the nativity church in the holy city. local authorities have scaled down festivities and ceremonies with church leaders providing spiritual guidance to those in grief. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil is in bethlehem. midnight mass at the nativity church u

what's it like to fly that close to the sun? temperatures could be as high as 1400 degrees celsius and nasa is expected to lose contact with the cross jude with broke, soon as you to the surface and will lead to re establish communication. during the week, while i'm joined now by jonathan mcdowell, who is an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics. jonathan, thank you so much for joining us on the algae are in use. i'll of. let's begin 1st by asking the question of why, why do we need to know more about the sun and how can that help people in their everyday life? right, well the sun affects as intimately, not just with the spectacular light shows like the northern lights that were, were prominent in solar storms earlier this year. where, where the sun spins out material that hits the surface the atmosphere can damage communications. but of course, you know, the psalm, it also provides all of the energy that we use uh, provides our daylights. and so we need to understand that because we know that it can do we

it's been a viral year for the sun. from the april total solar eclipse across america to the northern lights shimmering all the way down to the bay area this past october, the sun has spread light in all of our lives this year. yes, well, now our sun is back in the news. as the nasa spacecraft close approach next week. after traveling for seven years, we spoke with nasa mission scientist who describes how the parker solar probe will be able to get close to the sun and what they're hoping it finds. the sun's surface is about 4500 degrees pretty hot. but as we rise up and leave the surface of the sun, rather than cooling off, the particles become a million degrees hot. this enables the acceleration of the particles, but we do not understand the physics, the details of how this heating and acceleration takes place. the best way to do it to study it, is to send a spacecraft and actually make the measurements locally, make the magnetic make, measure the magnetic fields, measure the particles, and that will allow us to develop

women wage peace and women of the sun are a bridge over troubled waters. they have inspired many by their efforts at home who are joining their movement and many around the world. they have been nominated for the nobel peace prize. waging peace is hard. may somewhat shalom. in recognition of their unwaver ing courage in advances peace appear justice in israel an palestine and tkpoping the power of women led grassroots movement georgetown is proud it present the 2024 hillary rodham clinton for advances women to women wage peace and the women of the sun and accepting the award for women wage piece is angela sharp and rime hajargrave for women of the sun. please welcome them. ms. revere: now we are going to have a chance to hear from our honorees. president grybauskaite, let me start with you. in a world experiencing a democratic backsliding and rise of authoritarianism, a world where international peace and security are under threat, something you have known for a long time, what advice would you give to emerging leaders on navigating this challenging environ

of the sun. what you see, kind of like whisping out during a total solar eclipse. they want to fly this probe right through the corona, not the surface, because they're wanting to figure out just why the corona is millions of degrees hotter than the surface of the sun. so that's one of the things that scientists are trying to figure out today. >> one of the many mysteries that we still don't have answers to. i am curious, even though there's a few million miles in between the probe and the sun, it's still closer than we've ever gotten before. how does it not just like, burn up so thanks to some engineers and scientists at the johns hopkins applied physics laboratory in maryland, they've come up with a pretty cool way to keep this probe cool when it's this close to the sun. >> they actually have water pumping through the solar arrays that, power this probe. as it's making these close approaches to the sun. they also have several inch wide carbon foam shield that protects it from these really hot te

so the sun would just be on the workers? yeah. translation: i consider being pregnant a great blessing. - every morning, lavanya wakes at 5am and heads to the fields of flowers close to her home. there, she spends three hours picking some of the thousands of delicate tube roses that have sprung up overnight. translation: only through work can we have food on our plates. l that's our situation. one person's income is not enough to feed the whole family, so it's important that i contribute. it gives me immense satisfaction. lavanya gets paid around 300 rupees for her efforts. that's just under £3 or $4. her in—laws own the fields she works in. but now, she carries more than just her collection buckets — lavanya is six months pregnant. when the test came back positive, i was so happy. i had some dizziness in the first couple of months, but i was ok. at five months, i started feeling the baby kicking. it is tough working in the heat. i wear a shirt and a headscarf to protect myself from the scorching sun but i sweat a lot, and that ca

the probe could, however, deliver even more results as it completes its journey under the sun. december denford ultra 0. the all that set for the show floor is back in the top of the hour with more news, so stay with us. the, on counting the cost onto the visual intelligence. will it drive exclusive economic growth, or is it just type companies around the world are weighing up as cost less? how governments are pushing for the technologies, regulation for the beneficial team on the team? counting the cost on which is their hi, i'm steve clements and i have a question with yet another and then another push for diplomacy. is there a chance for real ceasefire and gossip? let's get to the bottom line. the diplomacy is back on the table after months of stalemate and israel's war and gossip. the situation on the ground gets worse much worse for the millions of palestinians stuck there with no place to go. and no place that safe and just no end in sight. after us president elect donald trump demanded that is real sausages and gaza be returned before he assumes office next year. efforts

we were able to actually fly through the upper atmosphere of the corona of the sun, which is just an amazing thing. if you think about it, it took the capsule 6 years to travel within 6000000 kilometers of the sun, a long and challenging journey. right? partner solar probus has actually flown through chromecast injections and, and other things that come off of the sun is just amazing to see its, like, i know flying through a storm, right. we, we actually have seen that witness. the been in the middle of one of these things, as it comes off of this on the one of a kind probe has been using venus's gravity to get closer and closer to successful fly by should now allow scientists to trace the origin of solar winds. a stream of particles that come off the stars out to atmosphere and give us a better idea of how material on the surface is heated to millions of degrees. it'll start sending detail data next week, built to last against heat and radiation. the probe could, however, deliver even more results as it completes its journey under the sun, december denford, l g 0. that's it for me th

but sometimes the sun will, per se huge touch billions of tons of solar material. and that travels to the solar system, interacting with everything, and then our gaze and interact with the earth and the atmosphere. and that has direct impact on our technology. it can damage our satellites. once we depend on, you can disrupt our communications. and in the most extreme cases, it can even knock out power grid. so our technological society, which is becoming more and more sophisticated, actually is becoming more and more susceptible to this outflow from the sun. and so that is why it is critical for us to understand how it works, so that ultimately we could predict it just like we can predict storms here on our alex, if you could put us in, put this in the proto international context. of course, are many countries in this, i suppose the space race. are there any other countries in this space programs looking specifically at the sun in this way? yes, there are several different space agencies. most notable would be east of the european space agency. it hasn't really a ne

it will get closer to the sun than any other human—made object. , will come to within 3.8 million miles of our star. scientists are hoping it'll tell us more about the sun's impact on the earth. even though we have had missions that have gone very close to the sun, that wasn't close to the sun, that wasn't close enough to get into the sort of magic region where all of the physics and all of these processes that are happening, and the only way to be able to understand those processes is to play through them and take the data right where all the action is happening. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. three hollywood stars have publicly backed the american actress, blake lively, after she filed a legal complaint against her co—star in the film, it ends with us. her complaint against justin baldoni, who was also the film's director, alleges sexual harassment, as well as a campaign to "destroy" her reputation. his legal team say the allegations are "categorically "false". nada tawfik has more. tension between blake lively and justin b

we were able to actually fly through the upper atmosphere of the corona, of the sun, which is just an amazing thing. if you think about it, it took the capsule 6 years to travel within 6000000 kilometers of the sun, a long and challenging journey, right? partner solar probus has actually flown through chromecast injections and, and other things that come off of the sun is just amazing to see. it's like a no flying through a storm, right. we, we actually have seen that witness. the been in the middle of one of these things, as it comes off of this on the one of a kind probe has been using venus's gravity to get closer and closer. the successful fly by should now allow scientists to trace the origin of solar winds. a stream of particles that come off the stars out to atmosphere and give us a better idea of how material on the surface is heated to millions of degrees. it'll start sending detail data next week, built to last against heat and radiation. the probe could, however, deliver even more results as it completes its journey under the sun, december denford colleges 0. well, that's i

. >>> nasa waits for word on its daring mission to the sun. the spacecraft faster than anything that's come before, going the closest humankind has gotten to the center of our solar system. >>> and america strong tonight, on this christmas eve. norad has its eyes in the skies, while many of santa's elves send holiday cheer to our troops and veterans. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >>> good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy christmas eve. i'm rachel scott, in for david. we begin tonight with the holiday winter blast causing headaches for last-minute travelers, especially along the busy i-95 corridor. snow and ice making roads nearly impassable for millions in philadelphia, new york, and boston. and turning deadly for one commuter in new york city. american airlines briefly grounding all flights after a computer glitch, creating havoc for travelers across the country. in the west, massive waves battering the california coast, creating scenes like t