NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day ...

The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from its surface. During this encounter, the probe ...

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

The Quadrantids might be one of the strongest showers this year, but poor weather could make them difficult to see.

The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours, when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of ...