The probe was launched in 2018 and first entered the solar atmosphere in 2021. Its latest achievement comes six months after ...

The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona ...

NASA's spacecraft sets record for the closest approach to the sun, flying within 3.8 million miles while enduring extreme heat.

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted ...

According to NASA, the Parker Solar Probe reached speeds of up to 430,000 miles per hour, enduring temperatures as high as ...

Launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun, Parker has since flown straight through its crownlike outer atmosphere, ...

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

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.

Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says.

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft.

NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe safely completed the closest-ever approach to the Sun, advancing our understanding of solar phenomena. Passing 3.8 million miles close to the solar surface, it aims to ...