A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through Sun

Sure, the spacecraft got some attention when it launched. It is, after all, the fastest-moving object that humans h ...
The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has ...
Parker Solar Probe is "venturing into a region of space that we never visited before," astrophysicist Nour Rawafi said.
It will be the fastest a human-made object has ever traveled, putting us closer than ever to the source of life on Earth.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is on track to make this approach on Christmas Eve, sending never-before-seen solar data straight ...
As the solar wind gushes out from the Sun, it drags the Sun’s magnetic field with it, which twists into a spiral shape as the ...