Since its launch it has flown close to the Sun and examined the corona, or the layer of atmosphere on the outer edge that can be seen during a solar eclipse. Now however it will begin potentially ...

Parker Solar Probe's groundbreaking mission studies the Sun's corona, offering insights into solar wind origins and enhancing our knowledge of stellar behavior.

The spacecraft passed just 6.1 million km from the solar surface on December 24th, flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about ...

The sun’s corona was also responsible for another, very different spectacle a month later, when a series of powerful flares blasted some of the gases that make up the corona away from the sun.

Why is the sun's corona hotter than its surface? The Parker Solar Probe edges closer to decoding this cosmic paradox with its state-of-the-art instruments. Equipped with a cutting-edge heat shield ...

Parker's speed comes from the immense gravitational pull it feels as it falls towards the Sun. Scientists hope that as the spacecraft passes through our star's outer atmosphere - its corona - it ...

Parker's speed came from the immense gravitational pull it felt as it fell towards the Sun. Scientists hope that as the spacecraft passed through our star's outer atmosphere - its corona - it will ...

On December 24, Parker Solar Probe came within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) of the Sun’s surface, entering the corona, its outer atmosphere. NASA announced on Friday that its Parker ...

Nasa’s Parker solar spacecraft is attempting its closest ever fly-by of the sun, passing 3.8 million miles from its surface on Christmas Eve. The spacecraft was scheduled to make the record ...

Since then, it has flown straight through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse. Also read: Sunita Williams' return to Earth to be further delayed ...