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SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because a SpaceX ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will come closer than ever before ... as well as occasionally around Venus, to build up enough speed and momentum to get progressively closer with ...
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What you need to know about NASA's mission to touch the sun
Artist's illustration of the Parker Solar Probe at the sun. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben UPDATE 2: The Parker Solar Probe launched as planned at 3:31 a.m. ET on Sunday morning ...
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Why NASA is flying Parker Solar Probe into the sun
NASA will soon launch its Parker Solar Probe on a mission that will take it closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history. The probe will fly straight into the sun's outer atmosphere ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Being Pelted by Tiny Plasma Explosions
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Parker Solar Probe
In Parker’s first close approach to the Sun, it observed that the solar wind near the Sun was indeed abundant with Alfvén waves. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completes its first trip around the sun ...
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NASA’s Parker Probe Gets Front Row Seat To CME
A little over a year ago, and about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from where you’re currently reading this, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe quietly made history by safely flying through ...
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The solar wind, explained
In 2018, this dream finally came true. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe—named for Eugene Parker in honor of his pioneering research—began a seven-year journey to the blisteringly hot corona of the sun on Aug ...
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NASA’s mission to ‘Touch the Sun’ just reached a major milestone
and one of the most exciting was the launch of the Parker Solar Probe which will study the Sun in more detail than has ever been possible before. The probe has already broken several records and ...
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Parker Solar Probe (IMAGE)
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has traveled closer to the Sun than any human-made object before it. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...
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NASA Parker Solar Probe
Remember the Parker Solar Probe? NASA’s pioneering spacecraft has completed its first two orbits of the Sun in May, the agency announced. Incredibly, all… ...