The NASA mission broke its own record as it seeks to teach us more about our Sun, as well as reveal other secrets of the ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.

NASA's Parker Solar ... probe's next two close flybys of the sun will occur March 22 and June 19, NASA said Thursday. Parker is the fastest spacecraft built by humans, and reached a top speed ...

Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through ... accelerated to half the speed of light.

The probe accelerated to 430,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft has ever flown, traveling to within 3.8 million miles of the star’s surface.

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never been." On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive ...

Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the ... particles are accelerated ...

Two more close flybys of the sun will follow later. On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe raced through the sun's atmosphere at a speed of 692,000 kilometers per hour, six million kilometers ...

NASA is getting up close and personal with the Sun. On Christmas Eve the Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than any spacecraft, orbiting 10 times closer than the planet Mercury. Parker ...

"It's an amazing accomplishment." On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the scorching solar atmosphere while traveling at a maximum speed of 430,000 miles per hour (690,000 ...

The Parker probe will also study the origin of the solar wind and the processes that accelerate particles to near light speed. Earlier this year, Fox described the mission as “a voyage into the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe raced through the solar atmosphere at 430,000 miles per hour, which is a speed unsurpassed by any human-made object. Agency officials are excited by the development.