NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured images of the sun 3.8 million miles away. Images collected by the probe include some of the sun’s outer atmosphere. The images are helping scientists figure out the ...

In an unprecedented achievement, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has reached a historic milestone: the spacecraft has successfully completed its third and final approach to within just 3.86 million miles (6 ...

The Parker Solar Probe was 1,500 pounds of ambition when it launched from Florida in 2018, on a seven-year mission to “touch the Sun.” The goal was to have the probe orbit 24 times, using Venus for a ...

Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface. In unprecedented detail, the visuals reveal ...

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An SwRI-led study identified particles accelerated to extremely high energies by magnetic reconnection near the Sun. As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (trajectory shown in green) crossed the heliospheric ...