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Space science, sailing on the solar wind! Dan Smith shows the latest images from the Parker Solar Probe. 🔆🛰️ ...
Newly released imagery from NASA shows the Sun's corona in stunning detail after the Parker Solar probe performed its closest ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has set a new benchmark in solar exploration, surviving its closest-ever pass to the Sun. The probe, which ventured just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from ...
Update: After an initial delay, the Parker Solar Probe successfully launched at 3:31am EST, Sunday August 12th. Early Saturday morning, the skies above Cape Canaveral will light up with the launch ...
The side facing the sun is coated with white ceramic paint to reflect the heat. ... Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery .
Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.
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 ...
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.
During its seven-year mission, the probe will fly directly through the Sun's corona, which can reach temperatures of several million degrees Fahrenheit. U.S. World ...
On Dec. 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than any human-made object ever has before. The spacecraft is the size of a small car, and it has been orbiting the sun for the ...