NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will “Touch” The Sun For The First Time

Now, though, NASA wants us to know they are about to get closer than ever. They’re sending the Parker Solar Probe past the sun at 435,000 mph. It will get within 3.8 million miles of the surface ... Read More

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! — Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter team up to tackle 65-year-old sun mystery — NASA's Parker Solar ... Read More

NASA Probe's Daring Flight Through Sun's Eruption Sheds Light on Solar Storms

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Parker Solar Probe captured a coronal mass ejection erupting from the Sun. Screenshot: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/NRL/Guillermo Stenborg and ... Read More

Turbulence within solar transients imaged

Scientists captured images showing the development of turbulence as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) interacted with the ambient solar wind in the circumsolar space. The Wide-field Imager for Parker ... Read More

Key to solar storms found? NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew through a dangerous CME in quest of new insights

Solar storms can be very dangerous and NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has just helped find the ... From insightful newsletters to real-time news alerts and a personalized news feed – it's all ... Read More

NASA spacecraft films crazy vortex while flying through sun's atmosphere

NASA's Parker Solar Probe — a craft flying much closer to the sun than any previous mission — witnessed massive "vortex-like structures" in our star's outer atmosphere, called the corona. Read More

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A little over a year ago, and about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from where you’re currently reading this, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe quietly made history by safely flying through ... Read More

As April 8 eclipse approaches, NASA Parker Solar Probe solving sun's mysteries amid extreme heat

"It is magnificent. It is mesmerizing. It is so beautiful," said Raouafi, project scientist for NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission. Raouafi, a senior scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied ... Read More

NASA scientist explains how this total solar eclipse will differ from 2017

WGNO’s Kenny Lopez spoke to a NASA scientist about this celestial ... This December, the parker solar probe will make its closest approach to the sun. “I’m really interested in how the ... Read More

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection

Now, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has gotten a first-ever peek inside a CME as it erupted from the sun. And what lies inside appears to be a treasure trove for solar physicists. The probe's visible ... Read More

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection

Now, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has gotten a first-ever peek inside a CME as it erupted from the sun. And what lies inside appears to be a treasure trove for solar physicists. The probe's visible-light ... Read More