For the first time in history, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s atmosphere, gathering crucial data about our closest ...

The probe is expected to pass within 3.86 million miles of the sun on Dec. 24. The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history on Tuesday with a record-breaking flight around the sun, the space agency has confirmed. The spacecraft set a new benchmark early on the morning of Dec. 24 ...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing ...