One of the biggest unanswered questions in solar physics may have gained an unexpected new lead. Researchers analyzing ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, revealing new clues about the corona, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's impression of the Parker Solar probe flying near the sun - NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA this week announced the ...

Images from the Parker Solar Probe’s record-setting pass by the Sun last year are finally available. The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send ...

Something mysterious is going on at the Sun. In defiance of all logic, its atmosphere gets much, much hotter the farther it stretches from the Sun’s blazing surface. Temperatures in the corona — the ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As the Parker Solar Probe gears up for a record-breaking fly-by of our ...

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore. Sure, the spacecraft got some attention when it launched. It is, after all, the fastest-moving object that humans have ever built. At ...