According to the reports presented by various online media sources, on December 24, it passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the Sun’s surface, entering its outer atmosphere,

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating it’s in good health and operating normally,” according to NASA.