NASA had a special Christmas gift last year. On December 24, the Parker Solar Probe reached the closest it will ever get to ...

Now, NASA has released remarkable video captured during the historic flyby, offering the closest views of the sun ever ...

The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of gas than any other mission has gotten.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is a groundbreaking mission aimed at uncovering the secrets of our Sun. It became the first human-made object to enter the Sun’s corona,the outermost layer of its atmosphere, ...

Still, Parker's speed is also key to its continued survival after numerous solar flybys. NASA calculated that Parker would be moving at a record-breaking 430,000 miles per hour as it hit the 3.8 ...

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969.

An illustration showing the Parker Solar Probe passing by the sun. NASA NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has phoned home, providing the eagerly anticipated confirmation that it managed to survive its ...

On Christmas Eve the Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than any spacecraft, orbiting 10 times closer than the planet Mercury. Parker also hit a record speed of 420,000 mph in its deep dive ...

The pioneering probe made its closest approach to the star on Christmas Eve, zipping past just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface at a speed of about 430,000 miles an hour.

Parker's 21 previous passes have already resulted in scientists getting insights into the inner working of the sun. The magnetic field zig-zag-shaped structures, called switchbacks, observed by Parker ...

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 ...

This is how close the Parker Solar Probe will get to the sun The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, according to NASA.