NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully passed within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface in mankind's closest encounter ever with the celestial body, scientists announced Friday. Image courtesy ...

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at a historic 430,000 miles per ...

Icarus has nothing on NASA. The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 million miles above the star’s surface on Christmas ...

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 ...

In a striking new view from space, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has given scientists their first close-up glimpse of the sun's magnetic field near its south pole — and it is behaving in ...

A new camera system has restored the full field of view of the VTT, capturing 8K images using 100 short exposures recorded at 25 frames per second. (Nanowerk News) Large solar telescopes can observe ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced ...