On Christmas Eve NASA aims to touch our Sun in hopes to learn more about how it works and the source of its high-energy solar particles. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back one of the most famous holiday poems of all time - “Twas the Night Before Christmas".

Watch: NASA Experts Discuss Mission to 'Touch the Sun' with Parker Solar Probe - Newsweek

NASA is set to touch sun on Christmas Eve | firstcoastnews.com

Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science

It's been a hell of a year, and we're going to end it by pinging a spacecraft travelling at 430,000 mph off the Sun in a presumed affront to the laws of the universe | PC Gamer

The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All | Columbia Magazine

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