The Closest To The Sun

The Sun.

Outside, the filters struggled. For a second, they failed, and Elena saw it. the closest to the sun

Some small celestial bodies get even closer to the Sun than Mercury. The Sun

Not the polite yellow coin in a blue sky, nor the angry red ball seen through smoke. This was something else. It was a textured landscape of hell. Mountains of plasma rose and collapsed in seconds, geysers of million-degree fire erupting into the black void. The surface was not smooth; it was a roiling, violent ocean of orange and white and terrifying ultraviolet. Some small celestial bodies get even closer to

"Initiating the descent," Elena said. She pushed the throttle forward.

These are comets that pass extremely close to the Sun, sometimes within a few thousand kilometers of its surface. Many are destroyed by the intense heat and solar gravity, but they represent the absolute limit of how close a natural object can get without being consumed. 4. The Closest Star: Proxima Centauri Journey Through Our Solar System