The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar ...

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

A NASA spacecraft is about to give astronomers an epic early Christmas present with the closest ever flyby of the sun on Dec.

In addition to breaking its previous distance record, the PSP passed through the solar atmosphere at a velocity of about ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has shattered records by venturing closer to the Sun than ever before, reaching blazing speeds of 430,000 mph. Equipped with groundbreaking technology, it braved extreme ...

The heat shield also allowed researchers to learn more about Venus during the numerous flybys. In July 2020, its camera -- the Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR-- captured images ...

Parker Solar Probe has spent the last six years setting up for this moment. Launched in 2018, the spacecraft used seven flybys of Venus to gravitationally direct it ever closer to the sun.

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass ... pictures and yielded insights about Venus. The first WISPR images of Venus taken in July 2020 during the probe’s third flyby.Credit ...

On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar ... Since it was launched, Parker has been using flybys of Venus to gravitationally pull it into a tighter orbit with the ...