Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, residing just 36 million miles from our Solar System’s center. However, not too far above its surface, the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo probe has taken ...

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Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around the bend in 2025. Several companies will attempt moon ...

Each hole is worth one point. In the event of a tie after 15 holes, a three-man closest-to-the-pin competition will decide the winner. A match win in regulation or overtime is worth two points ...

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NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

Now in its closest orbit yet, Parker will pass just ... that's visible from Earth as bright whisps during a total solar eclipse. Image: The front of the spacecraft is expected to reach 1,400C ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth's closest star.

The NASA mission broke its own record as it seeks to teach us more about our Sun, as well as reveal other secrets of the ...