Editor's Note: This story was originally published Dec. 24 and updated Friday, Dec. 27 at 10:45 a.m. EST to confirm that the Parker Solar ... of Venus. On Christmas Eve, the probe flew through ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...

As scientists await detailed data from the flyby, set to arrive on January 1, 2025, the ... of the solar wind. Designed to orbit the sun in highly elliptical loops, Parker uses Venus's gravity ...

In 2007 Guo proposed instead that multiple flybys of Venus could be used to bring a spacecraft ... solar flyby in September was about a million km, or 10.4 solar radii, farther out. Parker carries ...

of the star's surface The flyby is the final trial for the Parker Solar Probe, which has made a series of ever-closer swings by the star (and seven flybys of Venus) on its mission to understand ...

NASA's Parker Solar ... surface of Venus. 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 ...

The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send details of its close call in ...

During its close flyby, the Parker Probe ... the Parker Solar Probe's mission involved a series of increasingly close approaches to the Sun and seven flybys of Venus. "This is one example of ...

The Parker Solar Probe ... the probe is equipped with a carbon-carbon heat shield that can withstand temperatures exceeding 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. During the flyby, the probe collected high ...

After two days of silence, the agency received a beacon tone confirming the spacecraft was safe late Thursday. Parker endured temperatures of up to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit during its solar flyby ...