NASA's Parker Solar Probe has once again made history ... After a tense period without contact, mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) received a reassuring ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched ... approximately seven-year lifespan. The solar probe's swooping trajectory around the sun would not be possible without a series of Venus gravity assist ...

The probe is expected to pass within 3.86 million miles of the sun on Dec. 24. The Parker Solar Probe will soon ... allow a spacecraft to change its orbit without wasting a lot of fuel," Patricia ...

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

On Dec. 26, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe went ... This mission would not be possible without the use of the carbon foam shield that encases the solar probe’s insides, keeping it operational ...

The bright object near the center of the image is Mercury, and the dark spots are a result of background correction.Credit...NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe The Parker Solar ...

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 ...

The Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a ... allowing it to travel faster or adjust its direction without using extra fuel. This is the probe's seventh and final close swing by Venus, which ...

The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ... "These cosmic catapults, where we pinball off of the various planets, allow a spacecraft to change its orbit without ...

The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human ... allow a spacecraft to change its orbit without wasting a lot of fuel," Patricia Reiff, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice ...