Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is increasingly tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and remains on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is just days away from flying into the Sun, in a daring bid to glean the secrets of our star's ...
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Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.
NASA's Juno spacecraft zipped just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the volcanic world Io in 2024. The extraterrestrial ...
A 10-story building-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles.
It seems 2025 will have a strong start, too, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when ...
Saturday is the shortest day in the northern hemisphere (longest in the southern hemisphere) by the daylight definition, spending just 9 hours 43 minutes 55 seconds above the horizon.This increases to ...
Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them ...
NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December ...