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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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What is NASA hoping to learn from sending a probe to The Sun?
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So you've probably heard of stuff like solar wind and solar flares before; these types of events *can* effect the space environment around the Earth. Basically the sun can be rather unpredictable, and the Parker Solar Probe is meant to fly into the sun's outer atmosphere (the corona) to record extremely accurate and precise data regarding the solar environment and various solar events. This could help us as a society better forecast the changes in Earth's space environment due to the sun, as well as gather more data that could help explain the origin and evolution of solar wind. Hope that helps :)