Why NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft Remains Out Of Contact
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
NASA’s Solar Probe Will Make History on Christmas Eve by Zooming Closer to the Sun Than Ever
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 ...
Our Sun may once have had a twin. What happened to this stellar sibling?
Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs. Now scientists are finding clues that our Sun may once have had a companion of its ...
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What Auroras Look Like On Other Planets In Our Solar System
Auroras are beautiful phenomena on Earth, but they aren't specific to this planet. In fact, they appear on many other planets ...
The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...
NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ In Defining Moment For Humankind
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Preps for Record-Breaking Christmas Eve Flyby
The Parker Solar Probe will swoop just 6.1 million kilometers above the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. Scientists are ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that ...
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The Fluffiest System in The Milky Way Just Revealed a New Planet
Some 2,600 light-years from our own Solar System dwells one of the most peculiar planetary systems in the entire galaxy.
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NASA’s Beloved Voyager Probes Find Puzzles beyond the Solar System
For two decades now, the iconic twin Voyager spacecraft have been quietly overturning everything we thought we knew about the ...
Asteroid or comet? Scientists find ancient ice giant in our solar system
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, ...
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer than ever to the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.