The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from its surface. During this encounter, the probe ...

With SpaceX’s successful launch of the Starlink Group 12-6 mission on Tuesday, the curtain came down on a year that has seen ...

A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving its closest-ever approach to the Sun during the Parker Solar Probe mission, a project over six years in the making. The spacecraft was out of ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

Launched in 2018 to better understand our star, the Parker Solar Probe topped previous close approaches Christmas Eve morning.

A NASA probe is set to make history this Christmas Eve as it becomes the closest human-made object to the sun and sets the record for the fastest object ever created.

NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve at 3.8 million ...

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse.

The next milestone: closest approach to the sun. Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6 million ...