NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

NEW YORK — A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight ...

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.

Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is increasingly tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and remains on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on ...

Parker Solar Probe is "venturing into a region of space that we never visited before," astrophysicist Nour Rawafi said.

Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 ...

The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has ...

The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, according to NASA. "It's about to be on its closest approach to the sun," Rayl ...

On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make the closest-ever approach to the sun by a spacecraft. Parker has made more than 20 close approaches to the sun before, but this one will swoop in ...

Forget the cautionary tale of Icarus. NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe is gearing up to fly into the Sun to glean the secrets ...

PHOTO: The progression of Parker Solar Probe is shown hrough the fields of view of the STEREO/SECCHI telescopes ... Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles ...