NASA's Parker Solar Probe has directly observed a powerful magnetic explosion in the sun's corona that could help us predict ...

Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has set a new benchmark in solar exploration, surviving its closest-ever pass to the Sun. The probe, which ventured just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from ...

Today, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — the spacecraft's final maneuver around the amber planet — in a flyby that will nudge the probe on a trajectory ...

Over the years the Parker Solar Probe, about the size of a small car, has made increasingly close flybys. For example, in September 2020, it flew within 8.4 million miles of the solar surface.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a groundbreaking mission to study the sun’s corona, is set to make an unprecedented close approach to the sun on December 24. Traveling at a record-breaking speed of ...

NASA plans to complete a Parker solar landing in 2024, ... However, this research is well worth the risk, as the Parker solar probe will open the door to even more data on the sun and its surface.

On Dec. 24 at 6:53 a.m. Eastern time, the Parker Solar Probe, a NASA spacecraft, will pass within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface, more than seven times closer than any previous mission has.

And the Parker Solar Probe also has the distinction of being the first NASA spacecraft named after a living person. At the time of its launch, in August 2018, physicist Eugene Parker was 91 years old.

This holiday season is not immune to NASA barging in: On Dec. 24, the agency’s Parker Solar Probe will make its closest approach to the sun. At 6:53:48 a.m. Eastern, the spacecraft will be just ...

Icarus may be known in Greek mythology as the one who flew too close to the sun. But today, it's NASA's Parker Solar Probe that turned the daring journey into reality. On Christmas Eve, the car ...

Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.