The probe will complete 24 orbits of the sun over its seven-year lifespan and fly seven times closer to our star than any other spacecraft. The Parker Solar Probe's closest approach to the sun ...

In a groundbreaking first, the Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its closest encounter with the Sun. So where ...

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) mission team in Laurel, Maryland, received the spacecraft’s signal just before midnight EST on December 26. Contact was lost during the closest ...

NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on ...

Racing closer to the Sun than ever before, the Parker Solar Probe is unlocking the secrets of our solar system's fiery heart. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully transmitted a beacon signal ...

NASA's Parker ... of all its 24 scheduled orbits. Parker's final two close approaches will be March 22 and June 19, 2025. Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October ...

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft. By Katrina Miller On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has shattered records by venturing closer to the Sun than ever before, reaching blazing speeds of 430,000 mph. Equipped with groundbreaking technology, it braved extreme ...

Thomas Zurbuchen was the head of science at NASA from 2016 to 2022.

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ben Smith NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history on Dec. 24 by flying closer than ever to the sun. NASA The spacecraft flew through more than seven times closer to the sun ...

The Parker Solar Probe's historic close encounter with the Sun promises to unlock mysteries about solar winds and the corona's extreme temperatures.

Editor's Note: This story was originally published Dec. 24 and updated Friday, Dec. 27 at 10:45 a.m. EST to confirm that the Parker Solar Probe had survived its latest rendezvous with the sun.