NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed a historic milestone by traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it. The groundbreaking data it has collected is offering new insights into the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the sun's elusive Alfvén surface, the point of no return beyond which solar ...

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has flown through the outer atmosphere of the Sun. This video breaks down what Parker Solar Probe discovered as it passed through violent eruptions, ...

When taking the measurements for this study, the Parker Solar Probe, pictured here in an artist's impression, traveled at more than 427,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest human-made object in ...

Sixty years ago, NASA set an out-of-this-world goal: to touch our sun. Sending a spacecraft to the fiery star at the center of our solar system is no small feat. From engineering a spacecraft that ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science & Technology on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. for the talk "Exploring the Sun's Alfvén Surface in the era of Parker Solar Probe" by Sam Badman, Center ...

Since NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, Earth has made a single trip around the sun—while the daring solar explorer is well into its third orbit around our star. With two close ...