CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has slipped closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, and its latest flyby has now delivered the most intimate images ever captured of our star. The new views do more ...

"This work shows without a doubt that Parker Solar Probe is diving deep with every orbit into the region where the solar wind is born." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles ...

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.

Scientists have spotted elusive "magnetic waves" in the sun's atmosphere that may explain why the sun's corona is much hotter than its surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The star that is at the center of our solar system has become in recent years a focal point in our space exploration efforts, with several missions dedicated to studying it making their way into the ...

Astronomers have mapped the turbulent edge of the Sun where solar matter manages to escape the Sun's fierce magnetic grip. Reading time 2 minutes Stars are lively, often unpredictable parts of the ...