Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science
Dec 30, 2025 · Parker Solar Probe is designed to swoop within about 4 million miles (6.5 million kilometers) of the Sun's surface to trace the flow of energy, to study the heating of the solar corona, …
Parker Solar Probe - Wikipedia
The Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona. It will assess the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal plasma and magnetic field, the energy flow that heats the solar …
NASA's Parker Solar Probe captures solar wind doing a 'U-turn'
Dec 16, 2025 · NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured solar material looping back to the sun, revealing how it recycles magnetic energy and shapes future solar storms.
Parker Solar Probe
Dec 11, 2025 · Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life …
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Just Solved a 70-Year Solar Mystery
Aug 23, 2025 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly directly through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, gathering unprecedented data on solar activity and its effects on Earth.
Parker Solar Probe captures closest-ever photos of the sun during ...
Jul 11, 2025 · During a record-smashing flight through the sun’s corona in Dec. 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever images of our home star. Now, NASA has finally revealed …
Spacecraft Capture the Sun Building a Massive Superstorm
Jan 13, 2026 · Spacecraft capture the Sun building a massive superstorm Date: January 13, 2026 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme …
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 26th Closest Approach to Sun
Dec 18, 2025 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 26th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 13, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe survived solar close encounter
Jan 3, 2025 · NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within …
Hats off to the Voyagers in 2026: The little spacecraft that could!
Jan 13, 2026 · For millennia, our ancestors have gazed at the stars, wondering what lay beyond our cosmic doorstep, but today we no longer must wonder. In 1977, NASA’s Voyagers disclosed the …