A view of Parker Solar Probe's electric field instruments: Long, whip-like structures connected prior to flight will measure the electric field in space. Join our Space Forums to keep talking ...

The solar wind swarms with charged particles that can light up auroras, cause satellites to glitch, and damage electrical infrastructure on Earth. Despite its importance, we have a limited ...

New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the sun.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated ... the spacecraft and instruments are protected from the sun's heat by a 4.5-inch-thick carbon-composite shield.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter ... the spacecraft and instruments are protected from the sun's heat by a 4.5-inch-thick carbon-composite shield.

file photo, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Delta IV Heavy rocket will take NASA's Parker Solar Probe to an ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe ... edge thermal engineering and instruments to study the sun's magnetic fields, plasma, energetic particles and the solar wind. The probe is named after the late Eugene ...

Close encounters: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with ... The mission carries four instruments including magnetometers, an imager and two dedicated particle analysers.

Parker Solar Probe. Photo Illustration/NASA During the probe's Dec. 24 close approach, known as perihelion, NASA mission control will be unable to contact Parker for some three days. If successful ...

The Parker Solar Probe has been collecting a variety of data about the sun The probe is surrounded by instruments that measure everything from magnetic fields to temperatures, velocities and ...

The Parker Solar Probe's spacecraft components and science instruments are protected by ... Don't expect much, like new photos or sun videos. This check in from the Parker Solar Probe is expected ...

Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful ...