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This NASA probe flew closer to the sun than ever before, here’s what it discovered!

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed a historic milestone by traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it. The groundbreaking data it has collected is offering new insights into the ...

A Spacecraft Flew Closer to the Sun Than Ever – and Is Rewriting a Century-Old Mystery

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...
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NASA solar probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

NASA spacecraft reveals how the solar wind is heated near the Sun

A spacecraft now moves through a region once thought unreachable, sampling the thin outer atmosphere of the Sun at distances ...
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NASA’s closest-ever sun photo has the internet asking 1 huge question

NASA’s latest close-up of our star is not just a pretty picture. When the Parker Solar Probe swooped to within 3.8 million miles of the Sun on Dec. 24, 2024, it delivered a view of the corona that no ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe captures solar wind doing a 'U-turn'

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A NASA spacecraft is piercing the sun's scorching atmosphere right now

Parker Solar Probe reached "perihelion," the nearest point to the sun in its orbit, on Dec. 13, 2025. Credit: ASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben illustration A NASA spacecraft is making a close ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe mapped an unseen part of the sun at its most active moment

Data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has enabled astronomers to map the unssen surface of the sun's atmosphere for the first time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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Parker Solar Probe maps the boundary shaping the solar wind

Close to the sun, the solar wind, a steady stream of charged particles, accelerates until it cannot turn back. During a record pass about 3.8 million miles above the surface, Parker Solar Probe ...
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Sixty years ago, NASA set an out-of-this-world goal: to touch our sun. Sending a spacecraft to the fiery star at the center of our solar system is no small feat. From engineering a spacecraft that ...
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Kissing the sun: Unraveling mysteries of the solar wind

Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led research team has measured the dynamics and ever-changing "shell" of hot gas from ...