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NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before
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 through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse.
All systems 'go' as Parker Solar Probe approaches closest encounter with Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and remains on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on Christmas Eve, mission controllers say.
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, according to NASA. "It's about to be on its closest approach to the sun," Rayl said.
'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe gears up for epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve
Among its other discoveries, the Parker Solar Probe has also provided the first compelling evidence for the long-theorized but elusive dust-free zone around the sun, which is created by sunlight heating cosmic dust to high temperatures and turning it into gas.
NASA to make a historically close trip to the sun
In the past year, there has been a total solar eclipse, Northern Lights sightings, and many more beautiful displays across the sky.And in the center of it all?
NASA video explains why the Parker Solar Probe won’t melt as it approaches the sun
NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe is gearing up to fly into the Sun to glean the secrets of our star's megahot winds, Ars Technica reports. Ev
Parker Solar Probe to break speed record near the sun
Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is increasingly tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant moment of the mission will occur on 24th December 2024. The probe will approach the closest distance to the Sun and accelerate to 193 kilometres per second.
NASA probe to make history by flying closer to the sun than ever before
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to fly its closest ever flight around the Sun on Christmas Eve. The agency said the probe was on course to fly 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun just before 7 a.
A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time
Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.
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NASA head Bill Nelson offers advice for successor in farewell interview
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Watch the sun unleash 'extremely rare' solar storm in explosive eruption (video)
Yesterday, Dec. 17, the sun fired out an 'extremely rare' farside coronal mass ejection (CME) — a vast plume of plasma and magnetic field.