The probe is now heading towards a tight orbit around the sun. The probe will break its own previous records for the closest approach of a spacecraft to our star, which it set as 4.51 million ...

While the Solar Orbiter approached very close to the sun to take these images, 45 million miles isn't the closest a human-made object has come to our star. In 2023, NASA's Parker Solar Probe ...

Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 8 million miles (6.1 ...

On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the spacecraft come ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

The spacecraft, which launched in 2018, is set to increase our understanding of our star also known as the sun. To discuss this mission, First Coast News spoke with Dr. Nour Rawafi, a NASA ...

Even today, our best scientists wrestle to understand the sun's complex behavior — yet it's incredibly valuable to decipher the patterns that drive our star's activity. Those patterns can have a ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second science-gathering flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

As the Parker Solar Probe gears up for a record-breaking fly-by of our sun, NASA experts have revealed the secrets of the historic mission. The Parker Solar Probe will be closer to our sun than ...