known as the solar wind, 60 years ago. NASA’s probe is named for Parker, making it the first time the agency has named a mission for a living person. It’s important to understand the corona ...

Nearly four years after launch, the Parker Solar Probe mission, managed for NASA by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has made unprecedented and significant inroads toward achieving its ...

A NASA probe is about to launch on a mission to the sun in the name of protecting the Earth. On Saturday, the space agency's Parker Solar Probe is expected to launch to orbit, beginning its long ...

The historic milestone is one NASA has been building toward ever since the Parker Solar Probe embarked in 2018 on a mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere. A signal from Parker received ...

For Rawafi, this Parker Solar Probe mission is historic, a chance to learn more about the star that supports life on this planet. "Without the sun, there would be no life on Earth, there would be ...

According to NASA’s ongoing operations with its solar probe ... Parker has also set multiple records for its exploration feats, and will no doubt continue to do so going forward. The mission ...

It's a historic milestone that NASA has been building toward ever since the Parker Solar Probe embarked in 2018 on a mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere. While the spacecraft is due to ...

The first time NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has observed a big magnetic burst in the sun’s corona, this event could ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe dove extremely close to the solar surface on Dec. 24. The spacecraft should get nearer to the sun than any other human-made object in history — within 3.86 million miles.

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 ...

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