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

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within a record 3.8 ...

Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing ...

On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good ...

On Christmas Eve, 2024, NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe plunged deeper into the sun's atmosphere than any human-made object before. While performing this nail-biting closest approach to the sun ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the agency announced. The spacecraft confirmed its systems and ...

NEW YORK — NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. This week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million ...