This record-breaking feat was conducted by the Parker Solar Probe, which flew to within 3. ... the photosphere. Our standard model of stars suggests that the closer one gets to the stellar core ...

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

NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi. Here's what I know about the sun - it's big ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has once again made history, completing its closest-ever approach to the sun on December 24, 2024. Hurtling through the solar corona at an astonishing 430,000 miles per ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is ...

On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface. Just before midnight Thursday ...

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 ...

Parker is attempting to be the closest a human-made object has been to the sun. NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history ...

Thomas Zurbuchen was the head of science at NASA from 2016 to 2022. There is a joke at NASA that says missions are deliberately planned so key milestones fall on or around big holidays. I’ve ...

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 ...