The probe is named after the late Eugene N. Parker, a pioneer in solar physics who predicted the existence of the solar wind.

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

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 has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...

The Parker Solar Probe, traveling at 430,000 mph, reaches 3.8 million miles from the Sun. Scientists now wait for a signal ...

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft designed to study the Sun and its environment. Since ...

It’s ready to go through the flight path (ph). But the following days, including the closest approach, we had absolutely no idea how Parker Solar Probe was doing. We had to wait until Friday, until ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has made history by flying closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it. On December 24, 2024, ...

No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star, so Parker will truly be returning data from uncharted territory.” ...

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

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.