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Spacecraft zooms by Venus and snaps a striking image

today26 February 2021

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Why hello, Venus.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a well-armored spacecraft that’s observing the sun closer than any mission before, swung by Venus in July 2020 and snapped some opportunistic images. On Wednesday, the space agency released a particularly vivid image from this near pass.

“#ParkerSolarProbe captured this stunning view of Venus during its close flyby of the planet in July 2020,” NASA tweeted.

There are some cool things to see in this shot, which was taken by the probe’s only…

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Written by: Mark Kaufman


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