The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced Friday.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.

Just before midnight Thursday, the spacecraft finally "phoned home," transmitting a beacon tone back to Earth, indicating it ...

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 on Thursday after it had been out of ...

A Nasa spacecraft is safe and “in good health” after making the closest ever approach to the sun, the space agency has revealed. The Parker solar probe (PSP) is “operating normally” after the fly-by, ...

Parker Solar Probe to fly closest to the Sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Dec. 24 The spacecraft will travel at 430,000 mph through the Sun’s corona NASA’s record-breaking mission offers new insights into ...

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface on December 24, its closest approach ever.

Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar ...

Scientists hope the data from Parker will help them better understand why the Sun's outer atmosphere is hundreds of times ...

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