The Space Race of the 1960s was a monumental period in history. The competition between the United States and the Soviet ...

"This is the accumulation of years and years of work, and it's really tremendous," said Eric Christian, a heliophysicist and one of the scientists working on the Parker Solar Probe at NASA's ...

This should come as a relief to NASA scientists since communication with the probe “went dark” Christmas Eve when it made its record-breaking closest ever pass — a mere 3.8 million miles from the ...

Amitabha Ghosh, a NASA scientist, said experts still do not know so much about the Sun despite its monumental importance for life on Earth. “If the Sun was to stop shining even for a day ...

Mariah K., who saw the phenomenon from Livingston, Texas, said she initially thought it was a "weird plane" until she took a closer look. "Then I stared longer and realized it was too rounded for ...

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on ...

President Ramaphosa has appointed Advocate Andrea Johnson as the new head of the Investigating Directorate (ID) in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The appointment follows the departure of ...

On the heels of a NASA spacecraft's historic close flyby of the sun on Christmas Eve, scientists on Earth have one question on their minds: Did their probe survive as an epic Christmas gift ...

One instrument aboard the spacecraft captured visible light from Venus, giving scientists a new way to see through the planet’s thick clouds to the surface below, NASA said. Al Arabiya’s top ...

NASA scientists won't know how Parker fared until days after the flyby since the spacecraft will be out of communication range. They won't know whether it has survived until it signals back to Earth.

A NASA probe made history Christmas Eve after becoming the closest human-made object to the sun, a feat scientists say was as historic as the Apollo moon landing. The Parker Solar Probe zoomed ...

NASA scientists will wait for a signal from the aircraft which is expected to be on December 27 in order to check whether it has survived. On Tuesday, December 24, the probe will be at its closest ...