NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun’s surface: ‘Uncharted territory’
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 ...
NASA's solar probe is about to fly closer to the sun than any human-made object ever
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.
A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun
Forget the cautionary tale of Icarus. NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe is gearing up to fly into the Sun to glean the secrets ...
These are the best space images from 2024
NASA's Juno spacecraft zipped just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the volcanic world Io in 2024. The extraterrestrial ...
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How are auroras made? Space rocket takes a closer look at the Northern Lights
Observers on the ground, as well as a NASA research aircraft, watched as the barium clouds formed. Sunlight caused the barium ...
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On December 24, NASA's solar probe mission touched the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe touched the Sun diving through plumes of plasma, and entering the Sun's Corona, its outermost atmosphere.
Astronomers Capture Massive Gamma-Ray Flare From M87’s Blazing Black Hole
The jet emerging from M87’s supermassive black hole is tens of millions of times larger than its event horizon. In 2019, the ...
First results from 2021 rocket launch shed light on aurora's birth
Results from a 2021 experiment led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist have begun to reveal the particle-level ...