New York: The Parker Solar Probe has gone closer to the Sun again, recording a heat of 760 Degree Celsius on its surface during the latest approach. The close approach, which is also known as perihelion, saw the probe flying at a staggering speed of 586,860 kilometers per hour.

Parker Solar Probe completed its 11th close approach to the Sun, going within 5.3 million miles from the Sun. At this distance, the spacecraft experienced temperatures exceeding 1400°F - the Nasa team said in a tweet. The spacecraft is in a highly elliptical orbit around the Sun, reaching its aphelion during the mission initially to Earth and eventually closing to the orbit of Venus. The solar probe made its latest close approach to the brightest star in our solar system in a bid to delve deeper into understanding how the Sun functions.

In December last year, the Parker Solar Probe became the first human-made object to venture into the Sun's atmosphere, known as the corona. During the flyby, the spacecraft sampled particles and magnetic fields emerging from the Sun.

The spacecraft was launched in 2018 to conduct a study of the Sun. Named after Eugene Parker, who gave the concept of solar wind, the probe will provide data about solar activity and study the mysterious corona. Nasa said that Parker is learning more about the star with its scientific instruments as it gets closer to the Sun than ever before.