This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, ...
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NASA mission makes history amid landmark probe's closest-ever approach to the sun
The American space agency said the mission operations team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, ...
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Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.
The sun's outer layers will be cast away into deep space, revealing its pearlescent core. White dwarfs can pack the mass of a star into a volume the size of Earth, meaning they are extremely dense ...
Nasa to fly world’s fastest object closer to the Sun than ever before
Nasa to fly world’s fastest object closer to the Sun than ever before - Mission managers will be in the dark about probe’s ...
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ESA’s Proba-3 Satellites Set to Create Artificial Solar Eclipses and Reveal the Sun’s Hidden Layers
By creating artificial eclipses, the two Proba-3 spacecraft will work together to block the Sun’s light, allowing scientists to observe its outer layers like never before. These solar eclipses ...
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A NASA Spacecraft Will 'Touch' the Sun on Christmas Eve, Flying Closer to the Star Than Any Probe Before
The holiday season is a busy time for humankind’s sun-surfing spacecraft. This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will be ...