NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than ever before. It traveled at 430,000 mph, making it the fastest ...

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.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is ...

NEW YORK — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday ...

NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun in unprecedented detail.

This record-breaking feat was conducted by the Parker Solar Probe, which flew to within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun, braving the blistering heat of our star's outer ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note (12/27/24): Mission controllers for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe have announced that the spacecraft beamed a preplanned beacon tone back to Earth that indicated good health and ...