A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to ...

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).

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

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 ...

The probe is expected to pass within 3.86 million miles of the sun on Dec. 24. The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been whizzing through space ... The craft also has a 4.5-inch-thick carbon composite heat shield that can withstand temperatures as high as 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit ...

“On Christmas Eve of this year, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star,” Nour Rawafi at Johns Hopkins University said at a meeting of the American ...

Six years of waiting will come to an end next week as NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes its final approach toward the sun, ...

"Parker Solar Probe is opening our eyes to a new reality about our star." On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will swoop within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's ...

The NASA Parker Solar Probe is set to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface on Christmas Eve. The feat will break records for a spacecraft's closest approach to the star. Doctor Joe ...

The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe, engineered to study the corona -- the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, launched in ...

The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe, engineered to study the corona -- the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere ...