Parker Solar Probe to fly closest to the Sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Dec. 24 The spacecraft will travel at 430,000 mph through the Sun’s corona NASA’s record-breaking mission offers new insights into ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.

The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced Friday.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by flying closer to the sun than any object created by humans. The spacecraft ventured within 3.8 million miles of the ...

Just before midnight Thursday, the spacecraft finally "phoned home," transmitting a beacon tone back to Earth, indicating it ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history on Christmas Eve by completing its closest-ever approach to the Sun, coming within 3.8 ...

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted ...

The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send details of its close call in ...

Parker’s latest flyby occurred at 6:53 a.m. Eastern time on Christmas Eve, grazing a mere 3.8 million miles above the solar ...

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.

The probe accelerated to 430,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft has ever flown, traveling to within 3.8 million miles of the ...

NASA received a beacon tone from Parker Solar Probe on Dec. 27, 2024, after the spacecraft emerged from behind the sun three ...