This New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has directly observed a powerful magnetic explosion in the sun's corona that could help us predict ...

The "Parker Solar Probe" is flying through space towards the sun at almost 700,000 km/h. The NASA probe is closer to the star than any other object before it.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 million miles above the star’s surface – in its closest-ever approach on ...

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.

And the Parker Solar Probe also has the distinction of being the first NASA spacecraft named after a living person. At the time of its launch, in August 2018, physicist Eugene Parker was 91 years old.

NASA probe sets record as closest object to the sun 02:22. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the ...

On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) NASA's parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun yet, passing through the blisteringly hot outer atmosphere of our star. Skip to main content.

Dr. Eugene Parker is seen with a model of the Parker Solar Probe on May 31, 2017. Scott Olson/Getty Images Parker was the first living person to have a spacecraft named after him.

Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe passed within a mere 3.8 million miles of the sun. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Sunday, June 15th 2025 E-Edition.

The mission is set to complete Parker’s solar landing on December 24, 2024, when it will fly past the sun at roughly 435,000 miles per hour (via Business Insider). Don’t Miss : Juno captures ...

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.