Can You Solve NASA’s #3point8 Puzzles?

On Dec. 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will fly approximately 3.8 million miles from the solar surface — the closest solar approach in history. To celebrate, join Parker’s journey with a digital quest of your own: Each day from Dec. 17 - 24, 2024, we’re hiding a new custom “3.8” digital sticker on a secret NASA webpage. Solve our puzzles to find them!

In addition to being closest to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe is also the fastest human-made object in history. Think you are the fastest puzzle solver? Join the leaderboard and find out! On each day’s secret webpage, enter your preferred username to join the contest. At 9 p.m. EST each day, we’ll post the leaderboard so everyone can see who solved the puzzles fastest.

Learn more at go.nasa.gov/3point8

Music Credit: “Laser Cycle Launch Party” by Aaron Michael Wittrock [ASCAP], Julian Daniel Anderson [BMI], & Forrest Reed [ASCAP] via Universal Production Music

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Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Beth Anthony (eMITS)
Writer: Miles Hatfield (eMITS)

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is about to make history.
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On December 24th it’ll pass within 3.8 million miles
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of the Sun's surface, while traveling faster than any human made
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object in history.
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And we want you to join in on this historic event!
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Each day from December 17th through 24th we’ll hide a prize
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on a secret webpage and share clues across social media to help you find it.
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Solve the clues to win your prize.
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But hurry and you can also claim glory.
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Clues drop at noon eastern time each day, and at 9 p.m. eastern we’ll share
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the leaderboard showing who solved that day's puzzles the fastest.
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Then, on December 27th, when Parker phones
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home for the first time letting us know it survived the sun's intense heat,
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we'll release a final leaderboard showing who solved the puzzles fastest overall.
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Are you ready for the 3point8 challenge?