NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ In Defining Moment For Humankind
NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records
Nasa makes closest-ever approach to the Sun by a human-made object
NASA's solar probe flies closer to the sun than any human-made object ever
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.
Discovery of "tipped over" black hole surprises NASA scientists
New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes historic Christmas Eve flight through Sun's atmosphere
During this approach, the spacecraft will dive through plumes of plasma still attached to the Sun. According to NASA, this is close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, similar to a surfer duck-diving under an ocean wave. Scientists will be unable to ...
NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun’s surface: ‘Uncharted territory’
The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has circled the sun more than 20 times since to explore the flaming hot, outermost layer, the corona, which can uncover how the sun-earth system affects life and society.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history ... On Christmas Eve, scientists expect the probe to have flown through plumes of plasma still attached to the sun, and hope it observed solar flares occurring simultaneously due to ramped ...
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NASA probe attempts closest ever approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make history by flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth’s closest star. “No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star,
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the sun
NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures topping 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius).
NASA’s Solar Probe Will Make History on Christmas Eve by Zooming Closer to the Sun Than Ever
At 3.8 million miles from the Sun's surface, Parker Solar Probe will be the closest a human-made object's ever been to our host star.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to fly through sun’s corona
NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then, the spacecraft has looped around our star 21 times, with the research team nudging the craft’s orbit ever closer to the solar surface.
NASA's solar probe is about to fly closer to the sun than any human-made object ever
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.
NASA probe makes closest-ever pass by the sun
Launched in August 2018, the spaceship is on a mission to help forecast space-weather events that can affect life on Earth