Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

Stargazers were treated to a spectacular display last night, as the planet Venus could be seen shining brightly next to a ...

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

A Nasa spacecraft is in “good health” after going closer to the Sun than anything ever has, the space agency has said. The ...

This January, the night sky offers a stunning display featuring the Quadrantid meteor shower and a rare alignment of four bright planets visible in a single view. Witness Mars at opposition, shining ...

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe was set to become the closest spacecraft to the sun, flying within a few million miles of the solar surface.

A Nasa spacecraft which made the closest-ever approach to ... it has circled gradually closer to the sun – flying past Venus in order to use the planet’s gravity to move it into a tighter ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than ever before. It traveled at 430,000 mph, making it the fastest ...

When these ejections are aimed at Earth, they can cause geomagnetic storms, or major disturbances of the planet’s magnetic ... to its proximity to the sun. After the closest approach, around ...