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

NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then, the spacecraft ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its record-breaking flyby, coming within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface on Christmas Eve.

Nasa did not have contact with the spacecraft during the historic feat as it endured temperatures of up to 982 degrees ...

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar ... s gravity, Parker has crept closer and closer to the sun with a series of flybys since its launch in 2018.

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

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far Since its launch in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe has helped decode longstanding ...

He attended the Parker Solar Probe’s launch in 2018, and died in 2022 at age 94. Counterintuitively, the laws of gravity make it hard to fly close to the sun. Objects orbiting the sun at a ...

During this close approach, the Parker Solar Probe will cut through plumes of solar plasma, collecting vital data to help ...

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