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 ...

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

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 ...

A photo taken from the International Space Station captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The sun’s magnetic field and Mars and the moon will be discussed Sunday at the Indiana University Kokomo Observatory. The free-to-attend event begins at 7 p.m. and will feature a discussion about NASA ...