Video Shows NASA Probe Flying Directly Through a Coronal Mass Ejection Off the Sun

NASA's Parker Solar probe didn't quite fly ... earning it the title as the first spacecraft to "touch" our star. The photos, assembled into a video below, depict turbulent eddies storming past ... Read More

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

Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory The fastest spacecraft in our solar system has captured wild footage inside the sun's atmosphere. NASA's Parker Solar Probe — a craft flying much closer to ... Read More

Solar Sizzler: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Zips by Sun at 394,736 MPH

NASA's Parker Solar Probe continues its record-setting journey, gearing up for an even closer encounter with the Sun later this year. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 19th close approach to the ... 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's Parker Solar Probe Poised for Historic Closest Approach to the Sun

The mission’s climax arrives this Christmas Eve as the Parker Solar Probe, a true sun chariot, prepares to brave the intense radiation and scorching temperatures upwards of 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, ... Read More

A NASA probe flew straight through an explosion from the sun, and found a key clue to how solar storms form

A NASA solar probe flew straight through a powerful eruption from the sun, and in doing so, found a key clue to how solar storms form. During the event, the Parker Solar Probe managed to capture ... 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

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 key that may help scientists better predict space weather. US space agency NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ... Read More

NASA achieves world's first observation from within a Sun burp

The Sun goes through an 11-year cycle that ranges from extreme activity to very minimal activity, and when our host star is at the height of its activity, astronomers detect numerous solar flares ... 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