NASA has harnessed solar power to drive exploration and innovation. From powering the Parker Solar Probe near the Sun to enabling the Mars Helicopter’s historic flights, solar energy fuels spacecraft, ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.

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.

On Christmas Eve, the spacecraft approached within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface—the closest any spacecraft has ...

The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles of the ...

Stranded NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams has followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit lightyears away from earth.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that ...

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

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the ...

The astronauts — including two whose return is long overdue — held a zero-gravity cookie-decorating contest and built a ...

The astronauts on the I.S.S. — including two who were scheduled to return months ago — held a zero-gravity cookie-decorating ...