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).

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 ...

The mission team knew it wouldn’t receive any communications from the spacecraft during its closest pass of the sun. Now, the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe conducts groundbreaking studies of the Sun, revealing insights into solar winds and space weather ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles ...

FILE – This image made available by NASA shows an artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. It’s ...

It's a historic milestone that NASA has been building toward ever since the Parker Solar Probe embarked in 2018 on a mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere. While the spacecraft is due to ...

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 ...

A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight ...

The mission team knew it wouldn’t receive any communications from the spacecraft during its closest pass of the sun. Now, the team members will await more detailed data from Parker about the ...