NASA said in a news release. It's a historic milestone that NASA has been building toward ever since the Parker Solar Probe embarked in 2018 on a mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, coming closer to the fiery star than any other ...

The probe flew 3.8 million miles above the solar surface at 430,000 miles per hour, marking the closest distance in history.

Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is gradually tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant ...

The probe was launched in 2018 and first entered the solar atmosphere in 2021. Its latest achievement comes six months after ...

NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve, a ...

Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of ...