CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

While making a death-defying dive through the sun’s atmosphere, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has directly recorded a powerful plasma explosion heading toward our star’s surface in unprecedented detail.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab NASA's Parker Solar Probe is no stranger to ...

The heavily armored Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — what NASA calls “hyper close.” It’s the third time it has ...

The Sun’s corona is one of the biggest mysteries in space science — and it can directly affect life on Earth. With missions like the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter, scientists are finally ...

The spacecraft that now skims through the Sun’s blistering atmosphere is not just surviving, it is turning that hostile frontier into a mapped and measured domain. By repeatedly plunging closer to our ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed into the outer atmosphere of the sun and took incredible images of the sun’s corona. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Nour Rawafi, astrophysicist and Parker Solar ...

The innovative team of engineers and scientists from NASA, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and more than 40 other partner organizations across the country that created the revolutionary ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is making its second of three planned close passes through the sun’s outer atmosphere. The spacecraft will reach speeds of 430,000 mph, making it the fastest human-made ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed is 2nd ultra-close flyby of the sun, and survived to transmit its data back to Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...