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 ...
NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating ...
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A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on ...
A NASA spacecraft is "safe" after making the closest-ever approach to the sun by a human-made object, the space agency says. The Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's ...
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Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 ...
We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle. 2024 was a busy year for solar news, but what can we expect from 2025? In April, a total ...
By Katrina Miller On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped closer than it ever had before to the sun, just a few million miles above its blazing hot surface. The team behind the mission ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has called home, sending a signal confirming that it survived a historically close encounter with the sun, when it traveled to within 3.8 million miles of the flaring ...
Nasa says its Parker Solar Probe is safe and "operating normally" after making history on Christmas Eve by flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. According to the US Space Agency ...