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 announced on Wednesday that the agency's "unprecedented" mission to "touch the sun" will be named after the renowned astrophysicist Eugene Parker, whose work has revolutionized scientists' ...

On September 15, 2025, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history by completing its 25th close flyby of the Sun, cementing its role as a groundbreaking tool in solar research. This achievement, as ...

For over 70 years, scientists have struggled to fully understand how the Sun’s magnetic fields generate the intense solar storms that can disrupt life on Earth. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories about solar explosions. This discovery bridges ...

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The star that is at the center of our solar system has become in recent years a focal point in our space exploration efforts, with several missions dedicated to studying it making their way into the ...