NASA probe to make closest approach ever in human history to fiery surface of sun on Christmas Eve

Christmas will be full of brightness for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as it will fly closest to the fiery surface of the sun ever in human history on Christmas Eve.

This is the closest any man-made machine will travel to the burning star. Parker will be at a distance of 3.8 million miles from the surface of the star. 

It will zoom towards the star at around 430,000 mph while cutting through the…