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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured images of the sun 3.8 million miles away. Images collected by the probe include some of the sun’s outer atmosphere. The images are helping scientists figure out the ...

The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned that idea into a reality. On Dec. 24th, their Parker Solar Probe managed to ...

A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

Icarus has nothing on NASA. The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 million miles above the star’s surface on Christmas ...

A 4.5-inch-thick carbon-composite shield is keeping Parker Solar Probe’s instruments at room temperature as the spacecraft approaches the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe remains out of contact on ...

UPDATE Wednesday, March 12, 2025: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying PUNCH successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:10 P.M. EDT on March 11. By early on March 12, the four ...

The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send details of its close call in the new year. Reading time 2 minutes The Parker Solar Probe survived its ...

Scientists announced on Friday (April 18) that the newest solar investigator in town has captured its first-light images — or should I say the newest solar investigators. That is, this NASA ...

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 to ...