In December, the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft made the closest controlled approach to the sun of any manmade object.

As it skirted the corona — or the sun’s outer atmosphere — it careened through space at a record-breaking 430,000 miles per hour, the outlet said. An artist’s rendition of the Parker Solar ...

An artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe passing through the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Credit: NASA Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed ...

Since it was launched, Parker has been using flybys of Venus to gravitationally pull it into a tighter orbit with the sun. Scientists hope to better understand why the corona is hundreds of times ...

The probe - launched in 2018 to help scientists better understand the outer layer of the sun - will race past the sun at ...

The Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface on Christmas Eve, enduring temperatures of up to 982C.

Since then, it has flown straight through the sun’s corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse. READ MORE: The total solar eclipse is the best time to study this part of ...

The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

In 2018, NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then ... Probe will zip through the solar corona at about 690,000 kph, passing ...

the corona of the sun, the “360-degree sunset” and the “diamond ring.” In South Jersey that day, a maximum of about 87% of the sun was covered and the sky and landscape dimmed a bit ...