A pair of spacecraft has been flying in formation, creating an artificial solar eclipse to help scientists probe the elusive ...

The probe completed its 27th closest approach to the Sun this March.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 ...

A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully swung around the Sun for the 27th time. The spacecraft matched its previous record ...

The heavily armored Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — what NASA calls “hyper close.” It’s the third time it has ...

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At 3.8 million miles from the Sun's surface, Parker Solar Probe will be the closest a human-made object's ever been to our host star. Reading time 3 minutes The Sun is getting a surprise visitor for ...

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In Parker’s first close approach to the Sun, it observed that the solar wind near the Sun was indeed abundant with Alfvén waves. Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's rendition shows NASA's Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP Our Sun ...

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 ...