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 survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took ...

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 ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun ...

The Parker Solar Probe signaled to operators that it was still operating normally after traveling within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe signaled ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the agency announced. The spacecraft confirmed its systems and ...

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 ...

Compared with other things, the Parker Solar Probe simply flies. The max speed of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is 20,827 miles per hour. In 2021, the Tesla Model S Plaid went from zero to 60 mph in ...

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 ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. The Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a final swing past Venus on November 6, which will nudge it into an extremely tight ...

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 ...