Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around ...

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 ...

A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. - A historic day is set to take place Dec. 24. NASA is on a mission to "touch the sun" with their Parker Solar probe. The satellite launched in 2018 and will study the sun's upper ...

Here’s what I know about the sun - it’s big, it’s hot and if I stay out in it too long, my skin starts to peel. But there’s so much we don’t know about it. And we’re going to learn so much more thanks ...

The Parker Solar Probe signaled to operators that it was still operating normally after traveling within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe signaled to ...

An illustration showing the Parker Solar Probe passing by the sun. NASA NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has phoned home, providing the eagerly anticipated confirmation that it managed to survive its close ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has slipped closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, and its latest flyby has now delivered the most intimate images ever captured of our star. The new views do more ...

On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the spacecraft come within ...

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